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Intellectual Property Strategies for Startups & Growing Companies

Presenter: Jonathan D’Silva

Friday October 30, 2026

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
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Intellectual Property Strategies for Startups & Growing Companies

Intellectual property is often one of a company's most valuable assets, yet many businesses overlook opportunities to protect the ideas, innovations, and brand elements that drive their success. Join us for an informative webinar featuring an experienced attorney who advises startups and growth-oriented companies on intellectual property strategy. Learn how a proactive approach to intellectual property can help strengthen your competitive advantage, support future growth, and enhance your company's value.

Topics Covered

  • The fundamentals of patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets
  • How to identify and protect your company's intellectual property assets
  • Common intellectual property mistakes and how to avoid them
  • Intellectual property considerations for businesses seeking investment
  • Strategies for developing an effective IP protection plan
  • Best practices for protecting innovations, products, and brand identity

Benefits of Attending

  • Gain a better understanding of the intellectual property protections available to your business
  • Learn practical steps to safeguard valuable business assets
  • Understand how intellectual property can contribute to company valuation and investor readiness
  • Reduce the risk of costly disputes and infringement issues
  • Strengthen your company's competitive position in the marketplac
  • Receive guidance from an attorney experienced in advising growing businesses and entrepreneurs

Who Should Attend: Entrepreneurs, startup founders, business owners, innovators, and company leaders interested in protecting and maximizing the value of their intellectual property.

This program is presented by Ben Franklin Technology Partners Learning Center and Invent Penn State LaunchBox & Innovation Network

About Invent Penn State
Invent Penn State, Penn State's entrepreneurship and innovation initiative, empowers students, founders and communities to turn bold ideas into businesses, careers and opportunities across Pennsylvania. Through its 24-location LaunchBox & Innovation Network, Invent Penn State provides business coaching, accelerator programs, coworking space, mentorship and other resources to help entrepreneurs and innovators bring ideas to life.

Invent Penn State is financed in part by a grant from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Community & Economic Development. Learn more at invent.psu.edu.

Meet the presenter

Meet the expert: Jonathan D’Silva is the Director of the Intellectual Property Law Clinic located at the Happy Valley LaunchBox and an Associate Clinical Professor of Law. He is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania, New York, Washington D.C., and before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Jonathan is the founder and principal of his solo boutique Intellectual Property law firm MMI Intellectual Property located in Erie, Pennsylvania. Jonathan is global IP counsel for several multinational corporations as well as counsel for several universities, small businesses, inventors, and creatives at every stage of their development and of all ages.

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