[CCoE Notice] Engineering launches series of IP Training and Entrepreneurism seminars for faculty and students

[Engineering Communications]

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Engineering faculty, students and staff are invited and highly encouraged to attend this important training session Basics and the Big Idea.

Part One of the Intellectual Property and Entrepreneurism Series will be held on Friday, September 13. The purpose of this 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.


Part One of the Series will cover the following topics:

*         Starting a business

*         The Big Idea (aka your Business Plan)

*         Where and Why to Incorporate

*         Incorporating

*         Business Organizations - Sole Proprietorships/Partnerships, Corporations, Limited Liability Company

*         Taxes in Texas - Federal v. State, C Corp, S Corp

*         Texas LLCs

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 LLC<http://www.novakdruce.com/>, will present each workshop. Novak et al is a national IP practice with offices in Houston, Washington, DC, 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 and telecommunications to biotech and pharmaceuticals.

Please note that registrants may attend any or all of the five sessions. (Attendance of Part One is not a requisite to attend Part Two.)

What: Intellectual Property and Entrepreneurism Series for Engineering Faculty and Students - Basics and the Big Idea

When: Friday, September 13

Time: 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Where: 104 Classroom and Business Building (located between Michael J. Cemo Hall and University Center)

Questions/information: contact Lisa Robertson<mailto:lcrobertson at uh.edu>

Click here for the full agenda and to register<http://egr.uh.edu/advancement/external_relations/ip-2013-registration>.


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