Eyal Barash —Founder Barash Law LLC Patent Law

Abstract: In this presentation, Eyal will speak on the challenges faced when creating and growing start-ups from universities, focusing the discussion on strategies for protecting intellectual property as well as licensing from academic institutions. In addition, Eyal will discuss the University Startup Basic Outlicensing Template, a model term sheet for university life science start-up licenses recently proposed by a collaborative consortium of top law firms, venture capital groups, and university technology transfer offices. This template can be found on the Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM) website in an easily accessible download, freely available to investors and academic institutions alike. Drawing on his experiences with numerous universities, Eyal will discuss the proposed terms, what they mean, and their relevance to the start-up process. 

Biography: Eyal Barash is a patent attorney who focuses his practice on life sciences. After receiving bachelor’s degrees in chemistry and history from Indiana University, he studied solid-state NMR spectroscopy at UCBerkeley where he obtained a master’s degree in physical chemistry. After obtaining a law degree at Northwestern, he practiced law in Washington, DC for the world’s largest patent-law firm for 8 years before returning to his native town of West Lafayette. Back home, he was in-house counsel for various start-ups with successful exits culminating in the sale of Endocyte, where he was chief IP counsel, to Novartis in 2018 for $2.1B.