Software-based business models and patent protection are mutually exclusive—this is a widespread assumption. However, there is considerable scope for IT startups to act in patent law, which will be presented in this workshop.
Patent attorney Michael Schüller from the law firm WINTER BRANDL Partnerschaft mbB offers you an insight into how you can effectively protect the technological basis of your IT startup while simultaneously avoiding infringing the intellectual property rights of other market participants:
- What is patentable and what is not?
- Do I have the opportunity to protect my business model?
- What is the cost-benefit ratio?
- What should I do if my intellectual property rights are infringed?
- How can I ensure that I have “Freedom to Operate”?
- How do I proceed with planned international expansion?
