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The IBA’s response to the war in Ukraine
1 Feb - 3 Feb 2017
North American Regional Forum
(Lead)
Strong intellectual property rights are crucial to obtaining funding and forging a strong path for the start-up business. This session will focus on strategies for efficiently and cost-effectively protecting IP rights for start-ups and how to avoid key mistakes. Topics include: • Limiting your IP spend by alternative fee arrangements – positives and negatives. • Dividing your IP dollar early stage, mid-development, late stage start-up • Should you protect your brand? • Do you actually own your content/app/video game? • Strategies for patenting apps. • Legal ramifications of open source software. • Data privacy issues.
Peter Brownlow | Bird & Bird LLP, London, England |
Rabi Narula | Knobbe Martens, Irvine, California, USA |
Yuli Takatsuki | Fieldfisher LLP, Other City, California, USA |