INTRODUCTION TO INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY:
TRADEMARKS, COPYRIGHTS AND PATENTS
This seminar packs a lot of content into one hour. It is intended to provide a basic
understanding of the three principal forms of intellectual property protection.
The goal is to provide the lay person and the non-IP practitioner with the ability
to accurately identify forms of intellectual property and key factors necessary
to obtain protection. Seminar level is BASIC.
Topics include:
I. Trademarks
- A. Common law trademark rights.
- B. State trademark registration.
- C. Federal trademark registration.
- D. Trademark searches.
- E. Infringement and remedies.
II. Patents
- A. Patent application, requirements and process.
- B. Provisional patent application.
- C. Patentability search.
- D. Patent cooperation treaty.
III. Copyrights
- A. What rights are copyrights.
- B. What types of works are protected.
- C. Copyright registration requirements.
- D. Commercial copyright uses.
IV. Building Intellectual Property Portfolios
