Workshop: Legal and IPR - Issues and Challenges (for women only)

Objective:

This workshop is being organised as a part of Power2Idea KNC: Womenpreneurs, an Innolabz Ventures initiative. The objective of the workshop is to create awareness about various IPR requirements for a startup, the issues related to IPR & compliances, and legal challenges for a startup.

Topics to be covered:

IPR for Startups

1. Understanding of Different IPRs from Startup Business point.
2. IPR – Jurisdiction and territorial based
3. Different types of IPRs
4. Trademarks (Choosing a TM, importance, advantages)
5. Brand Protection – Trademark – Stop third Party Infringement
6. Madrid Protocol, Advantages of Madrid Trademark systems for Startups, International TM registrations
7. Copyrights
8. Patents
9. Patent protection for an idea/invention/innovation
10. Patentability criteria: novelty, usefulness, non-obviousness to the skilled person
11. Provisional Patent Application
12. Advantages of Provisional Patent Application
13. Explaining Priority date and filing date
14. Designs, Industrial Design Registration
15. Symbol, logo, word, sound, color or other device used to identify a business product
16. Geographical Indication
17. WIPO
18. PCT Patents
19. Paris Convention Treaty/ Convention Patent Application

Startup Challenges - Legal

1. Agreement between Company’s founders, equity
2. Is your Startup Compliant with state and land laws.
3. Various business licenses
4. Labour laws
5. Employment Contracts
6. IT laws
7. Settling Disputes
8. MSME
9. What form of Incorporation should a startup go for
10. Lack of Contracts with Suppliers/ Vendors
11. Taxation Issues
12. At initial stage – bootstrap - Partnership agreement and NDA – importance
13. Winding down business