Startups and Patents

For an early-stage company, patents can be a way to protect a market, signal defensibility to investors, and create assets that outlast a single product. They can also be a poor use of limited capital if the technology, timing, or competitive picture does not call for them. Which of those is true is a business question before it is a legal one.

Lynch LLP works with founders and startups on that decision and on the filings that follow it — fitting a patent strategy to the company's stage, runway, and goals rather than to a template. What makes sense for a given company depends on its specifics.

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