Dane Fogdall
Attorney
Dane Trueblood-Fogdall joined Founders Law in 2025 and is an associate attorney at the firm.
During law school, Dane discovered a deep interest in the intersection between, business, intellectual property, and tech law; to follow that interest he practiced for a year with the University of Colorado Entrepreneurial Law Clinic, earning honors, and served as a student note editor for the Colorado Tech Law Journal. Prior to joining Founders, Dane worked in-house for PCL Construction and Wiland Inc. where he assisted on a variety of corporate and AI policy matters.
Dane graduated with his J.D. from the University of Colorado in May 2025, and earned his B.A., summa cum laude, in Music from Fort Lewis College in 2018.
Insights & Articles
April 29, 2026
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Many startups are cost conscious and have to think carefully about whether they spend limited funds. Many are also technology-focused, and their value depends heavily on their ability to identify, protect, and commercialize core intellectual property. Patents can provide meaningful exclusivity for the right inventions, but the expense, lead time, and procedural friction involved means they are not always the most efficient tool for every category of IP.
April 27, 2026
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Few areas might seem further apart than the arts and the law. One deals with the expression of emotion and ideas with the goal of connecting and moving others, and the other operates in the realm of technicalities and minute detail. Outside of dealing with copyrights, most creatives rarely consider how the law might impact or even help them, and instead focus on what they do best: create.