Getting IP Right From the Start: Patents, Trademarks, and the Mistakes That Cost You

Patent and trademark filings surged after COVID and more so since the most recent federal administration change, creating a more crowded and unforgiving IP landscape. This webinar focuses on practical steps New Hampshire companies can take to secure rights early, avoid avoidable losses, and plan for growth.
Topics covered:
- Filing Patent Application(s) before Disclosure or Sale: How press releases, marketing decks, and demos can unwittingly forfeit rights.
- Choosing the Right Patent Application Filing Flow Based on Goals and Constraints
- “Patented” ≠ Freedom to Operate
- Smarter trademark clearance: why an exact-match USPTO search isn’t enough and how to spot conflicts.
- Thinking globally: when to file in high-risk markets (e.g., counterfeiting/squatting jurisdictions) even if you’re not selling there yet.
- And more.
Wednesday, November 12, 2025 | 10:45 AM – 12:00 PM
Panelists
Jonathan R. Raymond, Patent Attorney/Partner, Hayes Soloway P.C.
Jonathan is a registered U.S. patent attorney with a physics background. His practice focuses on patent counseling, drafting, and prosecution for cutting-edge technologies, including optoelectronics, IC fabrication, wireless systems, defense technologies, and medical devices.
Brian D. Thomas, Intellectual Property Attorney, Sheehan Phinney
Brian’s practice focuses on global brand protection, and helps individuals and organizations of all sizes establish, protect and enforce their intellectual property in the United States and abroad.
Moderator
Ernesto Burden
Vice President and Publisher
Yankee Publishing | New Hampshire Group
Ernesto has been vice president digital for Newspapers of New England (NNE), group publisher at PennWell, vice president of digital media for The Telegraph and NH.com and related sites, as well as digital media director for the Rutland Herald and Times Argus newspapers in Vermont, online editor for The Telegraph and NH.com, and a print editor and reporter with daily and weekly newspapers. He’s spent his career at the intersection of publishing, digital evolution and marketing helping both publishers and advertisers maximize their digital visibility.