Building a Strong Intellectual Property Foundation for Your Start-Up

BioNova in partnership with Emergence are hosting an IP strategy session with speakers Tony Orsi and Noel Courage from Bereskin & Parr LLP. An IP strategy for a company is crucial for achieving its business objectives. During this IP presentation we will focus primarily on patents, and how they can be used as the foundation of an IP strategy, to build an IP portfolio and create value. The seminar will cover best practice IP strategies for life sciences companies, such as high tech, medical and cleantech inventions. Key types of IP agreements will also be discussed.

Bereskin & Parr LLP, was founded in 1965 and is a leading IP firm in Canada.

ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS AVAILABLE
Please indicate if you wish to set up a one-on-one meeting with Noel Courage or Tony Orsi. To schedule a meeting, please send your name, title & company name to Kerri Mannette at kmannette@bionova.ca by Monday, May 7th, 2018.

LOCATION & SCHEDULE
Innovacorp Enterprise Centre

8:30 am – Registration/Networking

9:00 am – Welcome remarks and IP overview

10:00 am – One-on-one meetings with Noel & Tony

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

This event is for life science startups looking to understand their Intellectual Property rights and want an IP strategy to help achieve their business goals.

PRESENTERS
Noel Courage - Patent attorney at Bereskin & Parr LLP

Noel Courage is a partner in the Intellectual Property law firm Bereskin & Parr LLP. He is a lawyer and a US and Canadian patent agent. Noel has been practicing IP law since 1995. He helps with patenting and licensing of life science inventions, particularly biotechnology, chemistry and medical devices.

Tony Orsi - Patent Agent, Partner at Bereskin & Parr LLP

Tony Orsi is a patent agent and partner with the Intellectual Property law firm of Bereskin & Parr LLP. Tony has a background in electrical and biomedical engineering as well as business and helps clients with their patent needs in a wide variety of areas including medical devices, electrical and computer technology, software, mechanical and clean-tech. Tony also mentors startups on understanding Intellectual Property rights and devising an IP strategy to help them achieve their business goals.