Learn How to Protect Your Clients’ Valuable Intellectual Property

Assouline & Berlowe patent attorneys Peter Koziol and Greg Popowitz will be speaking at a webinar focusing on Intellectual Property for the Non-IP Attorney.  The Pincus Professional Education webinar will take place on August 06, 2015 at 3 p.m. EST

To view the full announcement and register for the event, click here.

An overview of the Intellectual Property Topics that will be discussed are highlighted below.

IP is a complicated area, even for IP attorneys. For the rest of us, the nitty gritty rules are sometimes a mystery.  Listen in on this IP for the Non-IP attorney webinar so you can understand how to best protect your client and their assets. You will learn:

Origins of Intellectual Property (IP) in the United States and Internationally

• The USPTO is part of the U.S. Department of Commerce (Patents and Trademarks)
• WIPO covers International IP rights

How a non-IP lawyer can identify IP to Protect their Clients and Generate Value for the Business (Emphasis on Patents)

• Patents (patent process, patentability opinions, freedom to operate opinions; limited time)
  • Design, Utility, Plant Patents
• Trademarks (common law, state, federal rights; rights continue with use)
  • Strategy of using intent to use application vs. actual use application
• Copyrights, and
• Trade Secrets

What Does IP Protection Provide?

• IP creates value to the business (it is an asset owned by the business)
• Protects inventions, brands, etc. of the business, which can provide a marketing and sales edge over competitors
• Patents – generate new business opportunities since a patent gives you an exclusive right
• Licensing and sales opportunities
• Access to Financing
• Leverage in Litigation (damage calculations and discovery access)
• Leverage in Business (assets and monopoly like rights)

How to Secure International Protection

• Work with international: IP counsel, companies and connections, and markets
• Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)
• Madrid Protocol (trademarks)
• Industrial Designs Treaty
• Berne Convention

General Considerations for IP

• Coordinate with transactional and litigation counsel, insurance providers, venture capital, and tax counsel
• Bankruptcy and creditor rights impact
• Receiver/trustee
• Estate planning

Common Mistakes and Misconceptions

• Poor man’s copyright
• Statutory Bar Date (Loss of Rights)
  • Public Use/Disclosure (trade shows, publications, offers to sell)
  • Social Media Posts
• Non-Disclosure Agreements
• Priority of Use

For questions about the webinar or any Intellectual Property matters, contact Peter Koziol or Greg Popowitz below.

ASSOULINE & BERLOWE, P.A.

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Dania Beach, Florida  33004

Main: 954.929.1899

Fax: 954.922.6662

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