Intellectual Property Considerations for Global Mobility Startups Webinar Series

Sterne Kessler is proud to be a lead sponsor of the 17th Annual Global Automotive & Mobility Innovation Challenge (GAMIC). The firm will host a four-part webinar series titled “Intellectual Property Considerations for Global Mobility Startups.” All sessions are moderated by Sterne Kessler’s Robert Greene Sterne, with industry perspectives from David Stout, Co-Founder of GAMIC. Each program will run for 90 minutes including Q&A.

Session 1: March 4, 2025, 11:00 AM (ET)

Utility and Design Patents: Considerations When Building an Enforceable, Defensible, and Monetizable Patent Portfolio (On Demand Recording Now Available)
Sal Bezos and Ivy Estoesta, Sterne Kessler
This session covers the fundamentals of patent protection needed to inform medium and early stage enterprise business planning.

Session 2: April 2, 2025, 11:00 AM (ET)

Offshoring, Nearshoring, and Onshoring: IP Protection Considerations in Canada, Mexico, Brazil, and Other Automotive Market Jurisdictions (Register Here)
Sal Bezos, Sterne Kessler
Jean-Sébastien Dupont, Smart & Biggar
Carlos Hernández, Becerril, Coca & Becerril (Mexico City)
Antonio Curvello, Daniel Law (São Paulo)
This session provides timely IP insights to enterprises rapidly and proactively adapting their offshoring, nearshoring, and onshoring development in view of shifting government mandates. It will also address the IP challenges of confronting competitors from China and elsewhere skirting tariffs by shifting their own supply chain, manufacture, and assembly to other jurisdictions.

Session 3: April 22, 2025, 11:00 AM (ET)

Mobility Industry Litigation: Optimizing Your IP Portfolio, Procuring Possible Litigation Financing, and Enforcing Your IP Rights Globally
Michael Joffre, Deirdre Wells, and Sal Bezos, Sterne Kessler
This session will discuss strategies and considerations to proactively prepare for both offensive and defensive IP litigation in U.S. district courts and the ITC. We will cover topics such as defending your brand and position in the market, leveraging your IP portfolio, litigation financing, and minimizing both the risk of litigation against you and the risk of supply chain constraints from litigation against your suppliers.

Session 4: May 15, 2025, 11:00 AM (ET)

Software-Defined Vehicles: IP Considerations for Automotive Software and Hardware Development in India
Nirav Desai and Sal Bezos, Sterne Kessler
This session provides IP considerations in view of the shifting global landscape when sourcing automotive hardware and software expertise from India. The presentation will provide timely insights into IP safeguards enterprises should follow to protect the outsourced development model from shifting government mandates, potentially leading to rapid rehoming of R&D, and the IP implications that follow from rapid pivots.