IP protection for Indian deep tech startups, how to build value for a company

About this episode

Ritu Varma discusses the significance of intellectual property in enhancing the value of deep tech startups with Dr Vikram Rao.

In this episode Ritu Varma, the founder of @ankur_capital talks with Dr Vikram Rao about the importance of intellectual property to tell a story and create value. 00-00 - Ritu sets the context of building value in deep tech with IP 02:53 - Two buckets of intellectual property - patents and know-how. 08:25 - Do agreements hold when business of deep tech is across countries. 09:23 - Giving away patents for free. 15:29 - Protecting Scientific Discovery or Formulations. 17:00 - IP Strateg...

People in this episode

Host: Vishal Krishna

Guest: Ritu Varma

Topics covered

• intellectual property
• deep tech
• value creation
• patents
• know-how

Keywords

• intellectual property
• deep tech startups
• value creation
• patents
• know-how

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ankur_capital

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