There are different ways of protecting your inventive contributions in collaboration with, or disclosure to, third parties. Intellectual Property (IP) includes trade secrets, trademarks, copyrights, and patents. I’ll be discussing the protections you can use for patents, but confidential disclosure agreements (CDAs) (also called non-disclosure agreements, or NDA’s), employment agreements, and Assignments are also useful for protecting these forms of IP. The…
This post is part of our Ask Me Anything series “IP Law for Femtech Founders” with Marshall, Gerstein & Borun Giordana Mahn. What are strategies for femtech startups looking to protect products based on algorithms or machine learning approaches? Are patents feasible? This is, actually, rather a complex question– generally, machine-learning systems and methods are patent-eligible, meaning patents are feasible in this area, but…
Our Office Hours are back and we’re excited to have Giordana Mahn join us for our next session of ‘Ask Me Anything’! This time we are covering an important topic: Intellectual Property. Giordana is a US patent attorney and collaborates closely with clients to gain a deep understanding of their business objectives in order to deliver patent strategies with an eye toward…
Remember our “Ask the Expert” session with Heather Delaney, the Founder & Managing Director of Gallium Ventures, a full PR/marketing consultancy? Did you submit a question? Yes? Great news! Today we have some expert insights for you as Heather shares her answers to questions from our community about all things PR and communications! As a reminder: Heather has worked with large companies and launched technology startups on…
Remember our “Ask the Expert” session with Nicole Leeds, who leads go-to-market strategy at Clue? Did you submit a question? Yes? Great! Read on to learn about strategic partnerships as Nicole shares her answers to questions from our community. As a reminder: At Clue, Nicole’s focus is on monetization, B2B partnerships, and company strategy. She has led Clue’s partnerships with Bayer, Fitbit, Apple, Google, and others. Before…
