<div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-size:13px">Hi Noisebridge,</div><div style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(33,33,33)"><span style="font-size:13px">Lisa from The Michelson Institute for Intellectual Property wanted me to help share this event with our community. It's a free event for startups / entrepreneurs with IP (</span>everything from logos to databases of contacts) to learn about IP protection strategy.</div><div style="color:rgb(33,33,33)"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(33,33,33)">Hope it might be useful for some, plus it's free. John Cabeca, The <span style="font-size:13px">Director of the Silicon Valley United States Patent and Trademark Office is one of their panelists.</span></div><div style="color:rgb(33,33,33)"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(33,33,33)">Ruth</div><div style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-size:13px"><br class="inbox-inbox-Apple-interchange-newline">___________________________________________</div><div style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-size:13px"><ul><ul><li style="font-family:Raleway-Light"><b>Nonprofit Event free & open to the public): </b>Hacking IP: Considerations for Startups & Entrepreneurs (details below)</li><ul><li><font face="Raleway-Light">Cohosted by The <a href="http://michelsonip.com/" target="_blank">Michelson Institute for Intellectual Property</a> & Babson College in San Francisco CA</font></li></ul></ul><ul><li style="font-family:Raleway-Light"><b>Date</b>: Nov. 15th, 2018 (6:00-8:30pm)</li><li style="font-family:Raleway-Light"><b>Location</b>: Babson College, SF</li><li><font face="Raleway-Light"><b>EventBrite RSVP Link: </b></font><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/date-pending-san-francisco-hacking-ip-considerations-for-early-stage-ventures-startups-entrepreneurs-tickets-50756163050?aff=Noisebridge" target="_blank" style="font-family:Raleway-Light">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/date-pending-san-francisco-hacking-ip-considerations-for-early-stage-ventures-startups-entrepreneurs-tickets-50756163050?aff=Noisebridge</a></li></ul></ul></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px;color:rgb(33,33,33);font-size:13px"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><b>About the Event</b></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px;color:rgb(33,33,33);font-size:13px"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div><b><span style="font-family:Raleway-Light"><span class="inbox-inbox-m_-4045096818168621144Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap">       </span>H</span><span style="font-family:Raleway-Light">acking IP: Considerations for Startups & Entrepreneurs</span> </b></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px;color:rgb(33,33,33);font-size:13px"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div><div><div><div>Every business has a name, a logo, a website, a database of contacts and more, therefore, every business has intellectual property (IP). In today’s digital economy these intangible assets are integral to the survival and success of a business. But how much do our entrepreneurs know about IP? And more importantly, how much do they know about protecting their IP to support long term competitive advantages? Now, more than ever, a poorly formulated IP strategy poses great threats to our innovation economy. Join us for a high leverage session focused on the real world application of IP topics that can support independent inventors and entrepreneurs and learn how your IP assets can help you compete more effectively in the marketplace.</div></div></div></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px;color:rgb(33,33,33);font-size:13px"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div><div><div><div><br></div></div></div></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div><div><div><div><b>Agenda</b></div></div></div></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div><div><div><div><span class="inbox-inbox-m_-4045096818168621144Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap">      </span>6:00pm | Doors Open for Registration</div></div></div></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div><div><div><div><span class="inbox-inbox-m_-4045096818168621144Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap">       </span>6:30pm - 6:45pm | Networking & Reception</div></div></div></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div><div><div><div><span class="inbox-inbox-m_-4045096818168621144Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap">       </span>6:45pm - 8:00pm | All-Star Panel (Coming Soon!)</div></div></div></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div><div><div><div><span class="inbox-inbox-m_-4045096818168621144Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap">    </span>8:00pm - 8:30pm | Closing Reception</div></div></div></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><div><b>Confirmed Panelists: </b><br></div><div><span class="inbox-inbox-m_-4045096818168621144Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap">              </span><b>• John Cabeca,</b> Director of the Silicon Valley United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)<br></div><div><span class="inbox-inbox-m_-4045096818168621144Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap">               </span>• <b>Aldo Carrascoso,</b> Co-Founder and CEO of Venn Biosciences .<br></div><div><span class="inbox-inbox-m_-4045096818168621144Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap">          </span>• <b>Deborah Kang,</b> Director of Startup@Berkeley<br></div><div><span class="inbox-inbox-m_-4045096818168621144Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap">         </span><b>• Note:</b> One more panelist is pending confirmation </div></div><div><div><span class="inbox-inbox-m_-4045096818168621144Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap">      </span></div><div><b>EventBrite RSVP Link: </b></div><div><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/date-pending-san-francisco-hacking-ip-considerations-for-early-stage-ventures-startups-entrepreneurs-tickets-50756163050?aff=Noisebridge" target="_blank">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/date-pending-san-francisco-hacking-ip-considerations-for-early-stage-ventures-startups-entrepreneurs-tickets-50756163050?aff=Noisebridge</a></div></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></div>