When: Monday, February 3, 2014 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Where: Sherlock’s Baker St Pub, 9012 Research Blvd, Austin, TX
Please RSVP via this link: http://bit.ly/1eHuHSn
During the presentation Bob Villhard will discuss why Angel Investors and Venture Capitalists expect entrepreneurial companies to have an IP (Intellectual Property) game plan and what the components of that game plan should include. While the focus will be on patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets will be briefly addressed. How these forms of IP can block your competitors from using your ideas will also be covered.
Bob is a Rocket Scientist turned Patent Attorney. Bob brings his NASA-can-do attitude to solving IP related issues. He possesses 13 years of patent preparation and prosecution experience coupled with over 15 years of engineering and management experience. Bob has written over 200 patent applications, prosecuted hundreds more, and successfully appealed applications for universities, established corporations, entrepreneurs, start-up companies, and other clients.
In addition he has helped clients design around existing patents, performed non-infringement analyses, and supervised other Intellectual Property Attorneys. He has also managed patent portfolios and mined projects for potentially patentable inventions for Fortune 100 Companies.
Moreover, Bob’s extensive engineering and managerial experience includes work on the Space Station and Space Shuttle projects (among other NASA related projects). He also served as an Internal Research and Development (IRAD) Manager and flew in zero-gravity. He possesses several patents and patent applications of his own. In addition, he managed a rocket research laboratory at the Johnson Space Center.
Agenda:
6:00pm to 6:20pm: Meet & Greet Networking
6:20pm to 6:30pm: Introduction
6:30pm to 7:30pm: Presentation
7:30pm to 8:00pm: Q&A
8:00pm onward: Networking
Organizer: Dr Ataollah Etemadi
