Intellectual Property: Legal Basics for Founders, Engineers, and Executives

Cancel Culture Mobs: Legal Strategies to Fight Back and Why Being Cancelled Might be Good for Your Brand

Cancel culture mobs seek to destroy livelihoods, ruin brands, and get people fired. Learn how to fight back using IP-related legal strategies and how to leverage being "cancelled" as the key viral moment that might take your brand to the next level. The statements & views expressed in this content are mine & do not reflect those of any law firm. The things I say here are for general informational purposes only. The things I say here are not legal advice or a legal opinion.www.kylewgraves.com [www.kylewgraves.com]

Startup Pitfalls: Corporate, Employee, & Intellectual Property Issues

I help companies solve technology problems and use legal tools to increase their market share and valuation.Today I want to talk about startup industry pitfalls.Generally, let’s think of three categories of pitfalls:o Corporate / Structuralo Employee and Founder Issueso Protecting Intellectual Property such as the brand and technology.I prepared this topic for a conference table talk, but my table talk ended up going in a very different direction at the event, so this broadcast is adapted from my unused notes.

Patent Law in Space: A Comprehensive Overview

This episode explores patent law in space, the current state of patent law in the U.S. and other countries, and strategies for companies and inventors who develop technology for launch-vehicles, and for space payloads and who would like to use intellectual property law strategies to protect these technologies. www.spacelawdigest.com | www.kylewgraves.com

Protecting Brands & Product Names - Trademark Basics

Tech companies spend a lot of time focusing on products.  But how do we brand those products?  This episode explores a few branding basics. There are really two things that you need to pay attention to when picking a name:  1. Pick a name that is protectable. 2. Pick a name that is not already being used by someone else in a way likely to be confused with your use, or in some instances, already subject to a pending trademark application. This episode elaborates on both.

Hardware Is Different: 8 Best Practices for Global Patent Portfolios for Hardware

The product development life cycle for hardware technology products follows a costly and regulatorily complex path different than that of software. Let's discuss 8 Best Practices for Global Patent Portfolios for hardware. Read the supporting blog article at kylewgraves.com