Awareness on IPR and Corporate Law

iCreate has partnered with Jyoti Sagar Associates, the topmost IPR firm in the country to conduct two back to back workshops. The first one is on “IPR (Patent / Trade Mark) issues faced by Start Ups” and the second one on " Regulatory challenges specially between promoters and business partners" scheduledon 21st November, Tuesday at iCreate Campus, 10 am onwards. The objective of this one day workshop is to understand the pros and cons of spending money on IPR protection and how to defend your intellectual property, once granted. Also, how to navigate the complex task of agreements between promoters, either domestic of international, so that the interests of all are protected and trust can be built up. A brief introduction to the speakers is as follows: Gerald Manoharan | Partner, J.Sagar Associates I advocates & solicitors Gerald has developed a niche practice in the areas of corporate commercial advisory, including investment transactions and dispute resolution. Gerald’s corporate commercial practice covers: foreign direct investment advisory and transactions; India entry; corporate structuring; joint venture arrangement; venture capital investment; business transfers and corporate acquisitions. Ravi Bhola | K&S Partners | Intellectual Property Attorneys Ravi chairs the patents practice of the firm. He has handled filing and prosecution of several thousands of patent applications for clients in diverse areas of technology such as biotechnology, bioinformatics, software, nanotechnology, pharmaceuticals, electronics, communication, and mechanical. He also has vast experience and expertise in the handling of design applications and issues related thereto. Here's the Workshop schedule: 10.00 AM to 10.30 AM Introduction to “Kinds of IPR” focusing on Patents [K&S] 10.30 AM to 11.15 AM An overview on requirements for patentability with Examples and Importance of Prior Art Search [K&S] including Q&A 11.15AM to 11.30AM Tea-Break 11.30 AM to 1.00 PM Prosecution of Patents in India and USA, emphasizing on Software Patenting and Filing Strategy [K&S] including Q&A 1.00 PM to 2.00 PM Lunch-Break 2.00 PM to 3.30 PM Founders' Agreements - Advantages and Pitfalls [JSA] including Q&A 3.30 PM to 3.45 PM Tea-Break 3.45 PM to 4.30 PM 'Externalisation' and Israel [JSA] (Setting up offshore holdings) 4.30 PM to 5.00 PM Q&A RSVP : https://goo.gl/forms/EM1ATKlo5ZLDWtuU2 Kindly send your confirmation of participation on this link by the end of next Friday, 17 November, 2017 This will be a set of fun, interactive sessions with time later for one on one interactions. There are not theoretical lectures! so do join us..... Please do bring other friends / colleagues who might get benefit out of this workshop or are interested to attend.