Boston Entrepreneurs Network

To attend this event, you must register at the ENET website here
https://bostonenet.org/events/everything-a-startup-needs-to-know-about-ip-2

Entrepreneurs know they should protect their intellectual property (IP) to appeal to prospective investors, partners, customers, and employees. This panel of IP professionals will discuss trademarks, patents, and trade secrets with a focus on how startups often go wrong and how to avoid major IP pitfalls while protecting IP assets, valuation, and credibility. There are many pitfalls for the unwary in the field of intellectual property that most entrepreneurs are unaware of as they start their entrepreneurial journey.

Even if you think you know what you need to about intellectual property, it is always helpful to hear how IP professionals answer questions such as: Is trademark searching an expensive minefield when done wrong or at the wrong time? When should inventors search for prior art if at all? Are trade secrets at risk if employment agreements, confidentiality agreements, and supplier and customer contracts are not carefully constructed? What is the best use of non-disclosure agreements and of non-compete agreements and of non-solicitation agreements? When should a startup have inventors assign their IP to the company?
This meeting’s presentations and discussion will cover the importance of IP to various people and aspects of startup companies, including, founders, investors, inventors, engineering, product development, and marketing. Especially, this meeting will cover the types of errors related to IP that startup companies make and how to avoid them.
A question-and-answer session will follow the panel discussion, and the panelists will be available afterward for responses to individual questions.

(All times are USA Eastern time, webinars will not be recorded, except that ENET members can review a recording of this webinar after the meeting.)

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This is a hybrid event. You may choose to participate in-person or online.