1. Intellectual Property for Startups
Oct 20, 2016
Presented By
Robert A. Bailey, Ph.D. Phone:

2. Reasons to Invest in IP

3. Investors
Investment
Future
As a startup, your IP is most likely being developed for your investors and future acquirer.
Why
Help as a Justification for Purchase or Investing
Creates Value
Makes Technological Developments Tangible
Can Stimulate Acquisition

4. Common Misconception What Some Mistakenly Say What You Should Know
Investment
What Some Mistakenly Say
I’m Protected!
What You Should Know
Every type of IP has limits
New ideas may still be unprotected
Competitors may be doing something similar, but different
Your IP creates options

5. Types of IP Protection

6. Types of IP Protection IP Protection Overlapping Protection Patents
IP Types
IP Protection
Patents
Trademarks
Trade Secrets
Copyrights
Contracts (e.g., NDA’s, Licenses, Employment Agreements, etc.)
Overlapping Protection
These types of IP can overlap to create effective protection.

7. Final Overview IP Types Copyright Trade Secret Trademark Patent
What is protected?
Expression, not ideas
Formulations, process, pattern, device, software, compilation of information, business plans, customer lists
Source-indicating word, symbol
Device, Composition, Design or Process
Criteria for protection?
Originality
Competitive information not known by others
Distinctiveness
Novelty, Utility, and Non-obviousness
To obtain protection…
Fixation in tangible medium
Maintain secrecy measures
Use in commerce
Novel & Non-obvious
Protects Against…
Unlawful copying
Misappropriation
Confusing use
Manufacture, use, importation, or sale of claimed subject matter
Duration of Protection
author life + 70 yrs
Work for hire is different
Continues so long as it remains a secret
Continuous with use
20 years from filing utility patent app. (14 yrs design)

8. Additional Resources

9. startupPerColator™

10. About Me

11. Contact Information
Robert A. Bailey | Counsel
Robert Bailey is a patent attorney with Perkins Coie. He advises and assists cutting-edge technology companies and entrepreneurs in all aspects of IP procurement and protection in a wide range of technologies including: social media, wireless communications, business and manufacturing processes, micro-electromechanical systems, and financial services. He also performs patent due diligence for mergers and acquisitions and advises clients on establishing internal patent procurement programs, innovation audits, competitive analysis, and international patent prosecution strategies. In addition, he assists clients in patent portfolio management and patent monetization strategies. Robert received his J.D. from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law and his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Denver, CO
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