Courses

About the Course: The creation and marketing of video games touches upon every aspect of intellectual property law which includes patents, trademarks, trade secrets, copyrights and rights of publicity. This webinar provides keen insight into the cost and ease of obtaining; terms; and, coverages provided by each form of intellectual property. The following are among […]

About the Course: The Director of the US Patent and Trademark Office is authorized to order patent applications to be kept secret and not published, if such publication is deemed to be “detrimental to national security.” Not only may such determinations risk depriving inventors of their ability to monetize their inventions, but violations of Secrecy […]

About the Course: Forward Rejection Analysis is a unique and powerful tool for assessing patent strength. This methodology indicates the extent to which a patent or patent portfolio blocks competitors from receiving patents in a similar space. The more competitors blocked–and the more assertively they prosecute their patents–the stronger the subject patents are deemed to […]

About the Course: Don’t miss this rare opportunity to learn how the Indian patent system compares with the US and European patent systems. Key points regarding compulsory licensing, utility models, national phase entry and patent enforcement are discussed. Among the issues discussed during this webinar are: How does India’s adaption of TRIPS affect patent life? […]

About the Course: Patent progeny can often be more valuable than their parents. For instance, continuation patents provide the holder of the parent patent the ability to amend and broaden the claimed inventions. Thus, patent offspring represent a source of optionality for patent-holders. However, children patents represent risks for the parent patents. For instance, a […]

About the Course: Don’t miss this rare opportunity to listen to a senior Microsoft executive discuss how he negotiated some of the largest and most complex patent transactions in history. Lessons are shared from the Novell, Nokia, AOL, Facebook and General Electric patent transactions. Among the issues discussed during this webinar are: How does negotiating […]

About the Course: Robots have application in markets ranging from agriculture to defense; from automotive to health care; and, from manufacturing to consumer goods. It is estimated that the global industrial robotics market alone shall be worth $32.9 billion by 2017. Intellectual property — in the form of utility patents, copyrights, design patents, trade secrets, […]

The process of valuing domain names is fascinating. One can begin the valuation of domain names by reviewing key word search hits and costs per click. However, discounts and premiums to the baseline valuation are applied in view of factors ranging from longevity of the domain to the operating history of the related site; from […]

You can’t manage what you can’t measure. And you can’t assert your patents when you can’t detect infringement. And you are going to have a hell of a time detecting infringement when infringing activity manifests itself in personalized production. This webinar provides valuable insight into how 3D printing companies are protecting their intellectual property as […]

About the Course: This session provides valuable insight into the mission, scope, extent of funding, phases of funding, and terms of funding associated with Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs. This course discusses what applicants can do to improve their odds of receiving grants. Included in the session are […]