Intellectual Property - Protecting Your Investments & Business Goals

FRkelly is an intellectual property firm specialising in Patents, Trade Marks, Registered Designs and Copyright. The firm represents many start-up companies, SME’s, universities and multinational corporations in IP matters in Europe and world wide. The firm has a large team of highly experienced Patent and Trade Mark attorneys with first class expertise in all areas of intellectual property. Several attorneys will be presenting on various IP areas.

Every business has some form of IP. This IP can be Patents, Trade Marks, Design Rights, Copyright or Trade Secrets. Start-ups and existing businesses need to determine what IP rights will best protect their business goals. The IP creation in an entity needs to be considered and monitored on an ongoing basis. The management of IP will be an important responsibility within the business and for the future strategy.

During this talk, you will gain:

• Ability to identify different types of IP
• Understanding of the business value of IP
• Relevance of IP for defensive, marketing, investor, exit/sale
• Plan where IP needs to get to