Protecting Your Intellectual Property Rights Overseas
Protecting your intellectual property, trademarks, and brands are essential to the success and competiveness of your company. The theft of intellectual property has an adverse impact on innovation, the commercialization of new products and overall commercial success. With this in mind, the U.S. Commercial Service, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Office of Intellectual Property Rights and the U.S. Patent and Trade Mark Office, will be hosting Protecting Your Intellectual Property Rights Overseas.
Expert speakers from the Office of Intellectual Property Rights and the U.S. Patent and Trade Mark Office will cover:
- Obtaining intellectual property rights in the United States and internationally
- Protecting your patent in the United States and internationally
- Trade secrets & best practices
- How to obtain and maintain trademarks and copyrights
- How to enforce intellectual property rights in the United States and internationally
- Remedies for counterfeiting, piracy, and trade secret theft
Event Details:
Date: Thursday, February 21, 2013
Time: 8:00am – Registration
8:30am to 1:00pm – Program
1:00pm to 2:30pm – One-on-one Meetings with IP Protection Professionals
Location: Offices of Williams Mullen - 301 Fayetteville Street, Suite 1700, Raleigh, NC 27602
Registration Fee: $45
To register please visit https://emenuapps.ita.doc.gov/ePublic/newWebinarRegistration.jsp?SmartCode=3Q4H or for more information please contact Steven Murray at steven.murray@trade.gov or Shirreef Loza at shirreef.loza@trade.gov
