This one hour interactive session with James De Vellis, Patent Lawyer & Partner at Foley & Lardner LLP, will give cleantech companies the tools they need to identify and execute on a focused intellectual property strategy, created to achieve defined business objectives. The discussion will also focus on frictionless integration of an IP strategy into existing product development cycles.

We will discuss how to identify innovative technology, map that technology to some business objective, and convert the technology into a legally protectable form of IP that can be used towards achievement of that business objective. This session will also point out traps for the unwary, situations to avoid, and how earlier stage companies can use their IP as a tool to level the playing field with larger competitors.