[CCoE Notice] Part Three of IP and Entrepreneurism Series for Engineering Faculty, Students, and Staff

[Grayson, Audrey A]

Patents and other forms of IP

Part Three of the IP and Entrepreneurism series for Engineering faculty, students, and staff will provide information on patents, and other forms of IP, including trade secrets, copyright, trademark and trade-dress.  The session will be held on April 5.

The purpose of the new series is to raise awareness and understanding about commercializing research, protecting inventions (aka The Big Idea), liability issues, financing, patents, license agreements, trade secrets, branding, marketing and more.  The training will be provided by Aaron Levine and Matt Todd, partners and co-chairs of the New Ventures & Corporate Transactions Group in locally-based law firm Novak Druce Connolly Bove + Quigg, LLP.  Novak et al is a national IP practice with offices in Houston, Washington, D.C., San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Los Angeles, Boston, West Palm Beach and Wilmington.  Their clients span a diverse group of industries and technologies from electronic commerce, telecommunications to biotech and pharmaceuticals.

Please note that attendees may attend any or all of the sessions.

What: Part Three: More about patents and other forms of Intellectual Property
When: April 5
Time: 12:00-1:30 p.m. (Liquid refreshments will be provided and attendees may bring a brown bag lunch.)
Where: E321 (Eng Bldg 2)
RSVP's required: svasquez at uh.edu<mailto:svasquez at uh.edu>
Questions/information: contact Lisa Robertson lcrobertson at uh.edu<mailto:lcrobertson at uh.edu>


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