About this Event
Series Description:
Whether you are a student startup with a brand new idea, a small business owner with a side project, or a seasoned business mogul, the Entrepreneur Workshops focus on a variety of topics pertinent to your journey. Sponsored by Perkins and Coie and hosted by the Office of Innovation and Commercialization’s The Basement, these workshops are open to everyone. We invite you to register for as many sessions as you are interested in! Light refreshments will be provided.
Event Description:
Do you find the patent process confusing and complicated? Join us for a fun, interactive workshop where we demystify patents using Lego bricks! Learn when to file a patent, when to keep an idea as a trade secret, and discover key strategies to protect your innovations. This hands-on session will guide you through patent filing in an engaging and approachable way.
About the Speaker:
April Wurster ‘99 | Partner, Snell & Wilmer |
April Wurster has a passion for transformative medicines to treat people with serious diseases. From cell and gene therapy to diagnostic technologies, she is dedicated to helping clients protect and exploit their innovations through intellectual property and technology transactions.
With this drive and focus, April actively engages with clients as they navigate the complex legal issues that emerge as they acquire or capitalize on intellectual property. April can do this exceptionally well because she began on the inside. April worked in stem cell research at UCSF and then as an in-house lawyer for a regenerative medicine company obtaining some of the industry’s first patents in cells derived from pluripotent stem cells and medical device systems for cell encapsulation and implantation.
Her depth of inside knowledge in these sectors gives her firsthand experience and context. As a result, she understands and empathizes with her clients. She can quickly grasp her clients’ unique needs and objectives and tailor legal advice that helps ensure successful outcomes and long-term growth.
April currently serves as co-chair of the Life Sciences Industry Group at Snell and Wilmer’s San Diego office. Today, her practice has an emphasis on patent drafting and prosecution as well as technology transactions such as manufacturing and licensing agreements.
Directions to The Basement
This event is located on the first floor of the . The entrances are located across from the or next to the bus and trolley stop.
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MTS Trolley
The easiest way to get to the DIB is by taking the MTS trolley UC San Diego Blue Line and getting off at the UC San Diego Central Campus stop. The trolley stop is a short 1 minute walk to the DIB.
Parking
Public transportation is highly recommended as parking is limited on campus. If you plan to drive to campus, please give yourself plenty of time. You can download the ParkMobile app to pay for your space digitally once you find a spot.
- P506 - Pay and Display, Northside of the DIB
- P504 - Pay and Display, Northside of the DIB
- P510 - Pay and Display, Northside of the DIB *closest to the DIB*
- Gilman Parking Structure, Southwest side of the DIB
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
UC San Diego - The Basement (Design & Innovation Building, 1st Floor), 9510 Innovation Lane, La Jolla, United States
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