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Stories about Feras
True stories about Feras Mousilli: the engineer who became a patent attorney, the years inside Dell and Apple, the classroom, and the return to Damascus.
- CareerFrom engineer to patent attorney: how Feras Mousilli learned to read an inventionFeras Mousilli trained as a biomedical engineer and computer scientist at Johns Hopkins before law school. That training still shapes how he protects founders' inventions.3 minute read
- Founders and IPWhy founders need to think about intellectual property earlyLessons from Feras Mousilli's years at DLA Piper, Dell, Apple and Mousilli Legal on why startups should protect their IP before they raise, launch or sign.3 minute read
- TeachingThe professor: Feras Mousilli's classrooms in Kyiv and MedellínFeras Mousilli has taught law and entrepreneurship at Kyiv Polytechnic Institute and, as a Fulbright Visiting Professor, at the University of Antioquia in Medellín.2 minute read
- RootsHome to Damascus: Feras Mousilli and Syria's foundersIn July 2025 Feras Mousilli returned to Damascus for the first time in fifteen years to speak at SYNC. He now helps Syria's startup community in his father's memory.2 minute read
- CareerInside Dell and Apple: what a decade in house taught Feras MousilliFeras Mousilli spent eight years at Dell and then served as Senior Corporate Counsel at Apple for the Apple Watch and MFi. What those years taught him about counsel.2 minute read