Managing Partner, Hoffmann & Baron, LLP Guests On The Thoughtful Entrepreneur
Daniel A. Scola, Jr., Managing Partner at Hoffmann & Baron, LLP, was a guest on ‘The Thoughtful Entrepreneur.’ He joined Host Josh Elledge to discuss protecting your ideas with patents, trademarks, and copyrights
Scola and Elledge highlighted the significance of intellectual property, with Scola comparing it to a fence. He stated, “Most people respect the fence, but you make another fence around that fence, and then another one around that.” This process protects his clients better than just one patent or trademark.
Scola gave an example of the patent process, “A patent or a trademark or copyright is an asset. If you really want to create an asset, you need to take certain steps… ‘You have to tell to sell, but you must protect to collect.’ if you want to make any money on your asset, you have to protect it.”
Scola continued, “I prefer to work with small companies…Be on the ground level…Work together to position the strategy for putting together the portfolio.” Scola gave an example of his work with small businesses. He speaks on the value of one-on-one communication with his clients.
Hoffmann & Baron, LLP, works with a variety of companies from entrepreneurial to global, as well as research institutions.
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ABOUT DAN SCOLA:
Daniel A. Scola, Jr. is the managing partner of Hoffmann & Baron, LLP, and also manages the chemical, pharmaceutical/biochemical and medical device practice group in the New Jersey office. He has extensive experience in polymers, pharmaceuticals and medical devices. He also has vast proficiency in obtaining protection for software related inventions. He specializes in building IP portfolios and designing strategies to protect and enhance company value. He also practices expansively in Post Grant Proceedings at the USPTO and has argued Post Grant Proceedings at the appellate level, before the CAFC. Previously, he was Counsel, Patents, and Trademarks as well as Assistant Corporate Secretary at The Warner-Lambert Co. and Intellectual Property Attorney at Loctite Corporation.
Prior to earning his law degree, Scola was a chemist with particular experience in material science including polymers, adhesives and biodegradable approaches to material science and engineering. He was a scientist at the Pratt & Whitney Division of United Technologies.
ABOUT HOFFMANN & BARON, LLP:
Hoffmann & Baron is a full-service IP law firm specializing in all areas of intellectual property, both domestically and internationally. Their services include IP procurement as well as litigation, counseling, licensing, and post-grant proceedings. With an entrepreneurial spirit, not usually seen in the legal industry, the firm attracts world-class attorneys. For almost four decades, the practice has become known for its unparalleled ability to protect intellectual property and transform ideas into assets.
Hoffmann & Baron, LLP provides cost-effective intellectual property and business strategies tailored to individual client needs to enhance commercial outcomes. Efficiency, discipline and focus on our client’s commercial success are the governing guides. Established in 1984 by co-founders Charles R. Hoffmann and Ronald J. Baron, the firm has offices in New York, New Jersey, and Washington, D.C. The firm is proud to serve clients around the globe in all scientific and engineering fields, from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies, as well as some of the most respected research institutions.