Innovate and Elevate Speaker Series - Intellectual Property and Talent Recruitment: What You Need to Know

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4:00PM -5:30PM

Elings Hall 1601

Starting a company involves many individuals, including founders, advisors, board members, executives, employees, consultants, interns, and more. Navigating the recruitment and deployment of talent while assuring the company's intellectual property position and freedom to operate remains strong is critical. As a follow-up to questions that arose during our Fall session on Strategic Alliances and IP, Kevin DeBré, who leads the Intellectual Property and Technology Transactions Practice at Stubbs Alderton and Markiles, LLP, a law firm with deep experience in representing entrepreneurs and startups, will be presenting on best practices for protecting and strengthening your company’s intellectual property as talent and expertise is added to, and subtracted from your startup. Whether protecting trade secrets or navigating IP ownership issues, proper treatment of IP during talent acquisition is critical to future success (and attracting investment).

About Kevin D. DeBré

Kevin D. DeBré leads the Intellectual Property and Technology Transactions Practice at Stubbs Alderton and Markiles, LLP, a full-service corporate, intellectual property and business litigation law firm. Kevin is both a business lawyer and an intellectual property lawyer. Entrepreneurs and innovators look to him for guidance when using intellectual property to build their businesses. Kevin has been a “tech lawyer” since the mid-90’s when he was an attorney with a top Silicon Valley law firm and handled technology deals for “startups” such as Cisco Systems, Broadcom and GeoCities. Today, Kevin represents companies of all sizes – from pre-formation to middle market – across a broad spectrum of industries – from AI to biotech. He has been recognized by his peers for excellence in his practice, having been honored by Best Lawyers ® in 2021 and 2023 as “Lawyer of the Year” for Technology Law in Los Angeles and selected for Southern California Super Lawyers ® multiple times. Kevin received his J.D. degree from UC Law San Francisco and his B.S. degree from the University of California, Davis.