Patents, Trademarks, & Copyrights: What General Practitioners Need to Know

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Overview

What the General Practitioner Needs to Know

"A Surprisingly Fun & Practical Seminar"

• How intellectual property comes into play in everyday law practice
• Popular myths about patent and copyright protection
• Employee ideas:  When do they belong to the employer?
• The alarming rate at which small businesses are being hit with trademark and copyright claims

Speaker(s)

William R Newman of The University of Southern Mississippi

Meeting Site

Mississippi Dept. of Information Technology Services - Boardroom

3771 Eastwood Drive

Jackson, MS  39211

Agenda for Thursday, the 10th of July 2014

(Agenda is approximate and tentative)

8:00am - 8:30am - Registration

8:30am - 10:00am - 1) How Trademarks and Copyrights Come into Play in General Litigation and Routine Transactions  2) The Growing Problems of Copyright Law for Individuals and Small "Mom and Pop" Businesses

10:15am - 11:45am - 1) Copyright Basics Continued  2) Trademark Categories, Selection, and Searches

11:45am - 1:00pm - Lunch (on your own)

1:00pm - 2:15pm - Trademark Registration and Infringement

2:30pm - 3:15pm - 1) Basics of Patent Protection for Inventions (from the non-patent attorney's perspective)  2) "Idea Development" Companies:  How to Spot a Scam

3:15pm - 4:15pm - The Top 10 Ethical Considerations in Intellectual Property Practice