Alan has worked as in-house Intellectual Property and Patent Counsel for a number of different businesses, both large multinationals and UK start-ups.  He is currently in-house IP Counsel with a large UK e-commerce business.  He's also worked in different firms of Patent Attorneys both large and small.  That breadth of experience gives a unique perspective on the role of IP Counsel and external IP providers and what it makes sense to do with your IP as a tech start-up.

Topics discussed include

• The difference between having someone in-house compared to having an external advisor
• How to get an in-house experience from your external advisors
• What are the things that tech start-ups should do really early on with their IP?
• What actually is an IP strategy?  What does that term really mean?
• How often should you update your IP strategy?
• When getting support for that, choose an attorney who enjoys understanding business and business strategy
• What should tech start-ups do around IP risk?
• How to streamline freedom to operate work to make sure you’re not infringing someone else’s IP  

You can reach Alan through his LinkedIn profile https://www.linkedin.com/in/alan-chapman-57615630/

If you'd like to chat about getting in-house IP support for your business then get in touch with me [email protected]

I can also put you in touch with Alan if you'd like to chat with him more.