SESSION 3 - BREWED & BRIEFED:

PERK UP YOUR LEGAL KNOWLEDGE OVER COFFEE WITH COUNSEL

Brewed and Briefed is a 7-session series event led by Jones Day, a premier international law firm. These sessions are semi-private with our primary audience being startups, founders, and entrepreneurs. This exclusive series is designed to help early-stage life sciences and medtech companies tackle the critical topics needed for success. 

Each session will be led by Jones Day's Bill Zawrotny, Partner, and Katie Vest, Associate, whose expertise spans mergers and acquisitions, complex cross-border transactions, and investment deals. Bill and his team have provided strategic legal guidance to countless technology and life sciences startups, emerging growth companies, and investors—including venture capital and private equity funds, as well as corporate venture capital players.

SESSION 3: PREPARING YOUR PROTECTION STRATEGY

• Confidential or Proprietary Information and Invention Assignment Agreements (CIAAs/PIAAs)
• Protection through patent filings versus relying on trade secret and associated agreements
• Strategies for building and safeguarding a distinctive brand
• Navigating data ownership and privacy compliance
• Protecting online information and adhering to data privacy and protection regulations
• Considerations for IP licenses, rights granted to third-parties and tracking OSS use
• Assessing your company’s IP “landscape

Date: Tuesday, April 15, 2025

Time: 9:30 - 10:30 AM

Location: Portal Townhall 10th floor- 101 Nerem St NW, Atlanta, Georgia 30313

**NOTE** Sessions are typically held on the third Wednesday of each month, but this session will take place on a Tuesday.