This session is part of the Highland 2007 Summer Startup school curriculum, which is designed to expose Summer Entrepreneurship entrepreneurs and teams to various aspects of the company creation process. It focuses on protecting your intellectual property.

Steven Frank, a partner in Goodwin Procter's Intellectual Property Group, focuses on advising clients in all areas of intellectual property law, with emphasis on patent prosecution, analysis of infringement and related issues, copyright questions, and the drafting and negotiation of agreements relating to the transfer or license of intellectual property. He has significant experience with general IP diligence, both in investment and M&A contexts. Mr. Frank has negotiated multimillion-dollar domestic and cross-border licenses, as well as technology-transfer agreements involving leading universities and research institutions.