Jennifer Che, Vice President and Principal, spoke at her alma mater MIT’s two-week hardware startup bootcamp held in Hong Kong called MEMSI (MIT Entrepreneurial and Maker Skills Integrator). Jennifer taught the students basic concepts about patent law as it relates to start-ups.
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