IP Strategy for Grant Funding
Join us for a fireside chat with IP Attorney & Technologist Eric Blatt, and OpenGrants CEO, Sedale Turbovsky. This 59:59 session was published on October 21, 2021.
About This Session
Join us for a fireside chat with IP Attorney & Technologist Eric Blatt, and OpenGrants CEO, Sedale Turbovsky. This webinar dives into how to build an Intellectual Property (IP) Strategy as a grant funding seeker or recipient. This information is perfect for startup founders and grant professionals.
Eric and Sedale will cover: - SBIR data rights - Steps to take to ensure the government does not disclose your IP - How government data rights interact with a dual-use venture’s commercially oriented IP strategy - How you can protect the long-term value of your technology for both commercial and government markets - Worst case scenario resources
Speaker Information
Sedale Turbovsky is the CEO and co-founder of OpenGrants, a venture-backed startup focused on building modern infrastructure for funding. He has been an entrepreneur since childhood. After honing his leadership skills as an outdoor guide in his younger years, he started his professional career as an independent consultant focused on delivering data products and digital strategies to enterprise clients in South America. He is experienced in independent grant writing and public/private partnerships at the highest level, having worked directly with OpenGrants’ current strategic partner, Momentum.
Eric Blatt is an IP attorney who focuses his practice on emerging companies, particularly SBIR awardees and dual-use ventures. Eric advises on the intersection of patent law and SBIR data rights, strategic partnerships and IP transactions, and a range of SBIR legal issues such as data rights assertions, invention reporting, SBIR eligibility, and Phase III contracting negotiations. Eric speaks regularly on IP strategy for SBIR awardees, including at the SBIR National Conference this October 2021. He is also a member of the Intellectual Property Committee for the Small Business Technology Council, which is a trade association that focuses on SBIR issues. Eric worked as a patent examiner at the US Patent and Trademark Office before entering private practice.
