SXSW 2016 Panel Recap

April 25, 2016

Great inventions create great demand. But it’s not always from investors and customers. At SXSW 2016, Brian Pomper, Executive Director of the Innovation Alliance, introduced expert panelists, Bryan Pate, Co-Founder and CEO, ElliptiGO; Deanna Tanner Okun, Former Chair, U.S. International Trade Commission; David Kappos, Former Director, USPTO; and Kelly Slone, President and CEO, BioUtah. They discussed how patents can help inventors protect their ideas from intellectual property infringement.

Click below to hear the full panel discussion.

Tweet these quotes from the panel:

"In era of global trade, need strong patent protections/import controls more than ever" –Deanna Okun, #USITC. Tweet: In era of global trade, need strong patent protections/import controls more than ever –Deanna Okun, #USITC. #PatentsMatter

"Heaping more changes on top of AIA change would create a tremendous amount of dynamic uncertainty." –David Kappos, USPTO. Tweet: Heaping more changes on top of AIA change would create a tremendous amount of dynamic uncertainty. –David Kappos, USPTO. #PatentsMatter

"If we’re going to change the patent system, let's not change it for one business model." –Kelly Slone, Prez & CEO, BioUtah Tweet: If we’re going to change the patent system, let's not change it for one business model. –Kelly Slone, Prez & CEO, BioUtah #PatentsMatter

"I think it (patent system) is truly fundamental in the creation of jobs." – Bryan Pate, Co-Founder and CEO, ElliptiGO #PatentsMatter Tweet: I think it (patent system) is truly fundamental in the creation of jobs. – Bryan Pate, Co-Founder and CEO, ElliptiGO #PatentsMatter