Protecting Intellectual Property in the Tech World: Expert Advice for Innovators | Public

Uploaded at : 2023. November 21.

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Tech companies often have to decide whether to keep their innovations secret as trade secrets or pursue patents. Both decisions have advantages and disadvantages; meanwhile, protecting intellectual property in the tech world is one of the most important challenges.

Supporting the decision-making of innovators, we hosted John M. Rogitz, a registered patent attorney specializing in patent preparation and prosecution in a range of technologies.

Through this interview, you can learn about how patents work and what types of innovations are eligible for protection, and what are the exemptions. How can a patent attorney help innovators and what are the challenges that tech companies face when dealing with patents, and how do they overcome them? But we have also talked about trends, technologies, and international patents.

John M. Rogitz

Managing Attorney @ ROGITZ & ASSOCIATES

John Rogitz is a registered patent attorney specializing in patent preparation and prosecution in a range of technologies including artificial intelligence, autonomous vehicles, extended reality, Internet of things (IoT), blockchain, medical devices, and fintech. His clients range from startups and independent inventors to Fortune 500 companies. John is also an adjunct professor of intellectual property at Trinity Law School and serves on the Executive Committee of the IP Section of the California Lawyers Association. He also writes for various IP publications including IPWatchdog, America’s leading patent law publication, and regularly speaks to trade groups on intellectual property matters. Prior to practicing law, John worked in the tech industry as a web developer.