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Medical Technology Ireland Conference 2021

October 2021

Event date: 21st October 2021

Medical Technology Ireland Conference will be held on 20-21 October 2021 at the Galway Racecourse.

Medical Technology Ireland Conference features presentations by leading international medical device experts with thought-provoking guest speakers, all providing insight on cutting-edge topics for medical device manufacturers, R&D and design engineers in the rapidly evolving Irish and global device marketplace.

HGF’s Partner & Patent Attorney Craig Thomson will be speaking on Thursday 21st October:

Relating your IP to your Business: Strengthening your Investor Pitch

Armed with a clear understanding of how your IP relates to your business enables you to better present to investors that your IP portfolio adequately underpins the commercial goals of your business, and to make more efficient decisions concerning IP spend. Derived from lessons learned by an attorney team that regularly advise innovators in the MedTech field, as well as investors in this field, the presentation will examine IP management best practice for achieving these two goals.

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Craig
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