Startup Workshop: Protecting & Commercializing IP Featuring Charles Thomas At KPPB
As a bonus for all applicants of the First Look SoCal life science showcase, you are invited to attend a complementary virtual workshop on Tuesday June 24 @ 12 PM focused on Protecting and Commercializing Intellectual Property designed specifically for early stage Life Science startups. Leading the workshop is Charles Thomas, a partner at law firm KPPB who is a specialist in this area as well as the lead sponsor of the bioscience showcase at LABEST a few weeks ago.
What to expect. Charles will start with a brief overview presentation and then have ample time to answer questions about your specific intellectual property concerns or other startup-related legal issues. Bring your questions!
About Charles. Charles's expertise in biotechnology, medicine, and biochemistry extends from his years of experience in both industry and academia. As a research associate at a biotech company, he was integral to the development of vector-based therapeutics for ocular diseases and vaccines for malaria. In his graduate work, Charles appropriated molecular biology and embryonic cell culture techniques to elucidate mechanisms of intrinsic neuroinflammation in the rare pediatric disorder Aicardi-Goutières Syndrome. His work led to a discovery of several FDA-approved medications that could be repurposed to treat affected patients. Throughout the years, Charles’s research has been published in a number of top-tier journals, including Cell Stem Cell, Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology, Journal of Virology, and Molecular Therapy.
Charles has established a practice that focuses on prosecution of emerging technologies in the various fields of biology and chemistry, including therapeutic discovery, immunology, cytometry, cell culture, molecular biology, bioinformatics, recombinant biology, and small molecule chemistry. Through detailed communications and diligent effort, Charles strives to provide the most robust patent protection for his clients.
PRACTICE AREAS
Patent Protection
EDUCATION
Virginia Tech, B.S., Biochemistry; B.S., Biology; B.A., Chemistry, summa cum laude
University of California, San Diego, Ph.D., Biomedical Sciences
University of Southern California, Gould School of Law, J.D.