This is the application for startups seeking free legal services through the UC Law SF (Formerly UC Hastings) Startup Legal Garage Fall 2023 Patent Module cohort.
If chosen, you will receive free legal services from a team consisting of a practicing attorney and law students. Your legal team will primarily conduct a Freedom to Operate (FTO) Analysis. Limited other IP legal work may be possible in your supervising attorneys' sole discretion.
Patenting your invention is just one step in being able to commercialize your discovery. Nevertheless, a patent does not guarantee commercialization. You will need to make sure that you are not interfering with other existing patents that might limit your ability to use your technology. This is the purpose of the FTO Analysis.
This is a selective program. All questions must be answered before an application will be considered. After our review of the written application below, we will follow up for a video interview with applicants we select for further consideration. If you are chosen to participate, you will be assigned to a practicing attorney and a team of law students to provide legal services to you at no charge.
We will begin reviewing and accepting applicants on a rolling basis on July 1, 2023 until the cohort is full.
Projects will start around August 21, 2023 and must end no later than November 21, 2023.
BY SUBMITTING THIS APPLICATION YOU ARE NOT ENTERING INTO AN ATTORNEY-CLIENT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE STARTUP LEGAL GARAGE, NOR ARE YOU GUARANTEED ACCEPTANCE INTO PROGRAM OR GUARANTEED TO RECEIVE LEGAL SERVICES. PLEASE DO NOT PROVIDE ANY CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION IN THIS APPLICATION.
ELIGIBILITY
The following are the requirements to apply to the Startup Legal Garage: Patent Module.
- Funding: pre-Series A
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Product Development: Project Ready- Discrete, ascertained legal needs
