Startup Know-How: What University Researchers Need to Know About IP Strategy Before They Create a Spin-Out Venture

Panel discussion to learn about tactics and strategies that can help founders to use university IP - whether a single patent or a portfolio of patents - as the starting point for an IP strategy to help a startup compete, increase its value, enable its business model, attract investors, and support development of partnerships. Panelists Include:Josh Stockwell, Associate Counsel - Research & Intellectual Property, UMass President’s OfficeBurnley Jaklevic, Interim Director and Senior Licensing Officer, Technology Transfer Office, UMass AmherstTani Chen, Counsel, Wolf GreenfieldSteve Willis, Investment Committee, Maroon FundNele Van Dessel, CoFounder and CSO, Ernest Pharmaceuticals Moderator: Paulina Borrego, Science & Engineering Librarian, UMass Amherst Librarie