Black Voices in IP: Protecting Ideas, Empowering Innovation

This dynamic panel brings together three powerful Black voices in intellectual property law: Raisa Long, a trademark attorney; Maurice Williams, a patents attorney; and Chuck Tyler, CEO of Veterans Intellectual Property. Together, they’ll explore the intersections of innovation, legal protection, and representation. Attendees will gain a practical understanding of how to safeguard their inventions and ideas—especially within underserved communities like veterans—and hear firsthand how IP law can be a tool for equity and economic power. This is more than a legal conversation—it’s a call to protect genius where it often goes unrecognized.