Researching Patent and Trademark Information: Essential Information You Need to Protect Your Intellectual Property Workshop
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Researching Patent and Trademark Information: Essential Information You Need to Protect Your Intellectual Property Workshop
Mesa County Libraries and the United States Patent & Trademark Office invite you to spend a day with USPTO staff for an intellectual property training and the grand opening of the Patent and Trademark Resource Center at the Central Library. Due to limited space, pre-registration is required. Please RSVP by Wednesday, October 24.
Topics:
- Patent & Trademark Overview and Workshops
- Conducting a Preliminary Search
- Avoiding Scams
PTRC Grand Opening Agenda:
- 8:30 - 9 a.m. - Sign in and registration packets
- 9 - 9:15 a.m. - Welcome
- 9:15 - 10:30 a.m. - Overview of Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, and Trade Secrets
- 10:30 -10:45 a.m. - Break
- 10:45 - Noon - Conducting a Preliminary Federal Trademark Search Using USPTO Website
- Noon - 1:30 p.m. - Lunch (on your own)
- 1:30 - 2:45 p.m. - 7-Step Strategy for Preliminary U.S. Patent Search Using USPTO Databases
- 2:45 - 3: p.m. - Break
- 3 - 3:30 p.m. - Non-USPTO Solicitations and Invention Promotion Scams: Asking the Right Questions
- 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. - Local Resources Discussion Panel (see below for the list of panelists)
- 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. - Patent and Trademark Resource Center Opening Reception
Local Resources Panel Discussion Panelists:
- Julie Morey, Director, Grand Junction Small Business Development Center
- Tom Benton, Director, The Maverick Innovation Center, Colorado Mesa University
- Lloyd Quessenberry, Attorney (trademark law), Rider & Quesenberry, LLC
- Mark Radtke, Assistant Regional Director, USPTO Rocky Mountain Regional Office
- John Heuton, Attorney (patent law), Sheridan Ross P.C.
Related LibGuide: Legal Information by Linda Ciavonne
- Date:
- Wednesday, October 31, 2018
- Time:
- 8:30am - 5:30pm
- Location:
- Central Library Mesa Room
- Campus:
- Central Library
- Categories:
- Adult
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