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To Protect or Not ? Strategies for Safeguarding Your Intellectual Property
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To Protect or Not ? Strategies for Safeguarding Your Intellectual Property
Date:
October 13, 2015
Time:
11:30 AM - 2:00 PM CDT
Event Description:
Attend this MITA event and learn how to deal with the legal landscape of exporting intellectual property. Recent high profile trademark and copyright infringement cases drive home the fact that companies must plan ahead to protect their patents, intellectual property, ideas and trademarks. Even the most astute global companies struggle to do so in a globalized markets where US Intellectual Property Right laws confer little or no protection. Learn how to protect your company's ideas, products and business practices by attending MITA's October event.
Topics covered:
- Filing for foreign patents
- Learn how to streamline the process and file in multiple countries at once
- Develop the right blend of protections for your company
- Decision making process regarding filing for patents in challenging countries
- Strategies for protecting your US trademarks abroad
- Effective management of intellectual assets to create value for any business
Keynote Speaker: Steve Steger, founder and managing partner of Global IP Law Group (for speaker bio click here). Emily Bauer, Licensing Manager and Beth Werner, IP Property Manager, both from the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF), will speak regarding foreign licensing, and patent portfolio strategizing in foreign markets.
Other topics to be covered include the nuances of licensing products in overseas markets and options for prosecuting infringements.
Topics covered:
- Filing for foreign patents
- Learn how to streamline the process and file in multiple countries at once
- Develop the right blend of protections for your company
- Decision making process regarding filing for patents in challenging countries
- Strategies for protecting your US trademarks abroad
- Effective management of intellectual assets to create value for any business
Keynote Speaker: Steve Steger, founder and managing partner of Global IP Law Group (for speaker bio click here). Emily Bauer, Licensing Manager and Beth Werner, IP Property Manager, both from the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF), will speak regarding foreign licensing, and patent portfolio strategizing in foreign markets.
Other topics to be covered include the nuances of licensing products in overseas markets and options for prosecuting infringements.
