SpeakersKyle St. JamesRutan & Tucker
Wade YamazakiPatent Counsel, Cruise
ModeratorCaleb Bates, Ph.DFish & Richardson
IP basics for startups • common pitfalls to avoid. This panel will discuss patent versus trade secret protection and how they relate to start ups, as well as the timing of patent filings, regulatory issues, and other common IP pitfalls that the panelists have observed trapping startups.
Topics• Patent v. trade secret protection
• Timing of filing(s)
• Regulatory issues and patents
• Common IP issues that crop up with startups