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DESCRIPTION:Knowing some basics of patent law is essential for engineers\, 
 research scientists\, entrepreneurs\, physicians and others who are intere
 sted in bringing new products or services to market or protecting existing
  ones.\n\nBenjamin Edlavitch will be leading a discussion on: 1. patent la
 w\, 2. important issues to consider under the Leahy–Smith America Invent
 s Act\, and 3. how relatively recent decisions by the Supreme Court and th
 e US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit are affecting patents on com
 puter software and other important innovations in the electrical arts. His
  plan is to provide the basics on each topic with the hope of forming a di
 scussion.\n\nSpeaker(s): Benjamin I. Edlavitch\, \n\nAgenda: \n9:30 a.m. C
 heck in and networking\n\n10:00 a.m. Brief Computer Society business meeti
 ng and presentation\n\n12:00 p.m. Pizza and discussion\n\n1:00 p.m. Adjour
 n\n\nIntertech\, 1575 Thomas Center Drive\, Eagan\, Minnesota\, United Sta
 tes\, 55122
LOCATION:Intertech\, 1575 Thomas Center Drive\, Eagan\, Minnesota\, United 
 States\, 55122
ORGANIZER:tc-computer@ieee.org
SEQUENCE:9
SUMMARY:TC IEEE Computer Society Meeting
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/170411
X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>Knowing some basics of patent law is essen
 tial for engineers\, research scientists\, entrepreneurs\, physicians and 
 others who are interested in bringing new products or services to market o
 r protecting existing ones.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Benjamin Edlavitch will be lead
 ing a discussion on: 1. patent law\, 2. important issues to consider under
  the Leahy&ndash\;Smith America Invents Act\, and 3. how relatively recent
  decisions&nbsp\;by the Supreme Court and the US Court of Appeals for the 
 Federal Circuit&nbsp\;are affecting patents on computer software and other
  important innovations in the electrical arts.&nbsp\; His plan is to provi
 de the basics on each topic with the hope of forming a discussion.&nbsp\;<
 /p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p>9:30 a.m.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp
 \;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Check in and networkin
 g</p>\n<p>10:00 a.m.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp
 \;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Brief Computer Society business meeting and presentation<
 /p>\n<p>12:00 p.m.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;
 &nbsp\;&nbsp\; Pizza and discussion</p>\n<p>1:00 p.m.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;
 &nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Adjourn</p
 >
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