Longmont Startup Week: Leveraging Your Intellectual Property Portfolio for Startup Success
Recent scholarship has reported a higher percentage of IPOs and acquisitions among startups that have received patents, and found that patents open the door to funding opportunities. The Director of the Rocky Mountain Regional United States Patent Office? will provide an overview of the key forms of intellectual property that startups should be on the lookout for, and consider protecting, and will then discuss the above findings in sharing several strategies to consider in leveraging IP to enhance the likelihood of commercial success. PLEASE NOTE THE LOCATION OF THIS WORKSHOP IS AT BARRIO E: 471 Main Street, Longmont, CO 80501
Speaker(s): Molly Kocialski, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Director of Rocky Mountain Region
About the presenter: Presenter Bio: As the Director of the Rocky Mountain Regional United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), since January 2016, Mollybeth (Molly) Kocialski carries out the strategic direction of the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO, and is responsible for leading the Rocky Mountain regional office. Focusing on the nine states within this region and actively engaging with the community, Ms. Kocialski ensures the USPTO’s initiatives and programs are tailored to the region’s unique ecosystem of industries and stakeholders. Ms. Kocialski brings more than twenty years of intellectual property experience to the USPTO. Most recently, Ms. Kocialski was the Senior Patent Counsel for Oracle America, Inc, where she was responsible for managing an active patent prosecution docket and was also responsible for all of the post-grant procedures and patent investigations for Oracle and its subsidiaries. Prior to Oracle, she worked at Qwest Corporation and was also in private practice in both New York and Colorado focusing on intellectual property litigation for multiple high-tech companies while maintaining an active prosecution docket. Ms. Kocialski is a recognized IP leader in the Rocky Mountain region. She was the Chair of the Intellectual Property Section of the Colorado Bar Association and currently serves on the Colorado Bar Association’s Board of Governors. Ms. Kocialski served as the head of the IP Committee and was a member of the Board of Directors for the Colorado Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel and currently serves on the National IP Committee of the Association of the Corporate Counsel. Ms. Kocialski is also the Chair of the Planning Committee and a member of the Board of Directors of the Colorado IP Inn of Court. Further, Ms. Kocialski is a member of the Planning Committee for the Rocky Mountain Intellectual Property Institute, an annual two-day conference on intellectual property that attracts over 500 attendees. In 2015,
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