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DESCRIPTION:In high tech industries intellectual property may be a company
 ’s most valuable asset. Protection of a company’s IP – patents\, tra
 demarks\, copyright\, and trade secrets – can be a key strategy for obta
 ining and maintaining competitive advantage in the marketplace. This webin
 ar will focus primarily on patents\, including what might makes a patent e
 ssential for a protecting inn\n\nTarget Audience:\n\nThis webinar is inten
 ded for corporate counsel or persons in other leadership positions in comp
 anies that are developing innovations that they would like to protect from
  being copied by competitors. The content would also be beneficial to inve
 ntors within such companies that are involved in developing the innovation
 s.\n\nBenefits of attending the course:\n\nTo obtain a better understandin
 g of intellectual property\, in particular patent law\, as well as an unde
 rstanding of when a patent might be the best vehicle for protecting an inn
 ovation and when other forms of protection my be more appropriate as well 
 as to gain a better understanding about what hurdles must be overcome to o
 btain a patent and the process involved in doing so.\n\nTopics covered in 
 course:\n\n- Forms of intellectual property and how they might be protecte
 d\n- What rights/benefits a patent conveys to a patentee\n- Legal Requirem
 ents for obtaining a patent\n\n- Anticipation\n- Obviousness\n- Written de
 scription/enablement\n- Patent Eligible Subject Matter\n- Procedure for ap
 plying for a patent\n\nSpeaker(s): Gregory K. Gerstenzang\, John T. Spange
 nberger\n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/380844
LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/380844
ORGANIZER:k.safina@ieee.org
SEQUENCE:16
SUMMARY:Preserving Innovation: Navigating the Essentials of Intellectual Pr
 operty Protection
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/380844
X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p style="font-weight: 400\;">In high tech in
 dustries intellectual property may be a company&rsquo\;s most valuable ass
 et.&nbsp\; Protection of a company&rsquo\;s IP &ndash\; patents\, trademar
 ks\, copyright\, and trade secrets &ndash\; can be a key strategy for obta
 ining and maintaining competitive advantage in the marketplace.&nbsp\; Thi
 s webinar will focus primarily on patents\, including what might makes a p
 atent essential for a protecting inn</p>\n<p style="font-weight: 400\;"><e
 m><strong>Target Audience:</strong></em></p>\n<p style="font-weight: 400\;
 ">This webinar is intended for&nbsp\;corporate counsel or persons in other
  leadership positions in companies that are developing innovations that th
 ey would like to protect from being copied by competitors. The content wou
 ld also be beneficial to&nbsp\;inventors within such companies that are in
 volved in developing&nbsp\;the&nbsp\;innovations.</p>\n<p style="font-weig
 ht: 400\;"><strong><em>Benefits of attending the course:</em></strong></p>
 \n<p style="font-weight: 400\;">To obtain a better understanding of&nbsp\;
 intellectual property\, in particular patent law\,&nbsp\;as well as an und
 erstanding of when a patent might be the best vehicle for protecting an in
 novation and when other forms of protection my be more appropriate as well
  as to gain a better understanding about what hurdles must be overcome to 
 obtain a patent and the process involved in doing so.</p>\n<p style="font-
 weight: 400\;"><strong><em>Topics covered in course:</em></strong></p>\n<u
 l style="font-weight: 400\;">\n<li>Forms of intellectual property and how 
 they might be protected</li>\n<li>What rights/benefits a patent conveys to
  a patentee</li>\n<li>Legal Requirements for obtaining a patent</li>\n<ul>
 \n<li>Anticipation</li>\n<li>Obviousness</li>\n<li>Written description/ena
 blement</li>\n<li>Patent Eligible Subject Matter</li>\n</ul>\n<li>Procedur
 e for applying for a patent</li>\n</ul>
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