Importance of IP/Patents for Angel Investors and Angel-Backed Companies

Join Hugh Matsubayashi and Pam Jacobson for an interactive session on what entrepreneurs & investors need to know about patents & intellectual property, including a discussion on how to identify and protect startups’ technology innovations to secure value.

Hugh Matsubayashi is a partner at K&L Gates specializing in patent prosecution and intellectual property transactions across a range of technologies, including medical devices, computer hardware and software, e-commerce, and semiconductor manufacturing. He has represented clients in an array of matters, including prosecution of domestic and international patent applications, intellectual property licensing, and intellectual property due diligence. Having served as in-house counsel at a venture-funded medical device start-up as well as a Fortune 500 information technology company, Mr. Matsubayashi understands the importance of tailoring each client’s intellectual property strategy to its practical business needs.

Pam Jacobson is a Partner at K&L Gates and serves as the Firmwide Practice Group Coordinator for the Intellectual Property Practice Group. She has a broad IP practice that includes patent and trademark portfolio management and first chair patent, trademark, trade secret litigation throughout the United States and before various administrative bodies throughout the world. Prior to attending law school, she worked in AI research in the areas of autoimmune disease research at the University of Chicago and ozone depletion research at Honeywell k/n/a Allied Signal Corp.

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