Amplify the Impact and Value of Your Research Through Intellectual Property Strategy

Join experts in intellectual property (IP) strategy to explore how protection of research outputs can significantly enhance the translational potential and commercial value of academic innovation.

This event is open to Georgetown-affiliated members, researchers, and individuals from DMV universities eager to explore the intersection of innovation and entrepreneurship and use their research to make a real-world impact.

Lunch will be provided. Participation is free, but registration is required.

Register here

📅 Date: Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025
⏰ Time: 12 p.m.
📍 Location: Georgetown University Medical Center
Warwick Evans Conference Room, Building D
4000 Reservoir Road NW, Washington, DC 20007

Event Highlights:

• Network with fellow researchers and members of the innovation and entrepreneurship community
• Learn about how to enhance business valuation through strategic intellectual property frameworks.
• Get practical tips for clearly identifying and communicating a business’s key differentiators
• Hear from an expert on how trademarks, patents, copyrights, and trade secrets are protected, registered, and enforce

Featured Speaker:

• Dave Hyams, Co-Founder of Longship Legal

Longship Legal works with companies to build valuation through intellectual property and business strategy. Dave has worked in the legal field for over twenty-five years. Starting out of law school as a corporate and intellectual property lawyer at Foley Hoag in Boston, he later served as in-house counsel at Bose Corporation. After moving to the DC area, he worked as an IP transactions and subject matter expert at AOL, then served as in-house counsel at a cleantech startup in Arlington, Virginia. Just prior to founding Longship Legal, Dave worked at small IP boutique doing patent preparation and prosecution in the areas of computer networks, telecommunications, cybersecurity, machine learning, and AI. In his free time, he plays jazz piano at venues in the DC area and is an ardent supporter of his kids’ soccer teams.