Intellectual Property & Data

Emerging companies often find IP and data to be among their most valuable assets.  How a company handles possessing, collecting, processing, and protecting it can be among their greatest challenges.

One great idea can create or revolutionize an entire industry, but unless it is properly protected, that idea can be used against you by your competitors. That is why it is never too early to start thinking about IP creation and protection strategies. It is important to identify, protect, and even monetize your great ideas from the very start. There are various ways to protect your IP, each of which have their own particular nuances, but the GrowthStudio team leverages Crowell’s deep bench of patent, trademark, copyright, and trade secret attorneys with experience in in the cutting-edge technology at the center of our clients’ business.

All companies possess, collect, process, use, and disclose sensitive data. Often such data constitutes the core value of a business. A founder must keep the business moving and protect the critical value that regulated forms of data —such as identifiable consumer information, employee data, and financial, health, children’s or defense data—can provide. Where sensitive data, technology, and business models come together, there is profound opportunity for a breach or a hack from bad actors.  It is vital to protect such key assets and operations by ensuring that practices conform with privacy and security laws.