This presentation will focus on patent and trademark issues that affect institutions of higher learning.
Event Type: Webinar
- Start Date/Time:
- 7 June 2018, 12:00 PM EDT
- End Date/Time:
- 7 June 2018, 1:00 PM EDT
The training will cover some brief background, but will otherwise focus on practical advice for in-house attorneys, administrators, and even inventors themselves at educational institutions. The presentation will highlight the discussion with real-life examples that Reed Smith sees from its clients in higher education to demonstrate how to employ these best practices.
Topics:
- Overview of patents and trademarks
- Identifying patentable discoveries
- Key information to include in an invention disclosure
- Inventorship – it’s not authorship
- Educating Faculty on Disclosure Issues
- Brand awareness
- The importance of clearing new trademarks
- Special considerations for protecting acronyms (e.g. “BSU” for “Big State University”)
- Best practices for monitoring and enforcing trademark rights