Understanding the Basics of Intellectual Property:
Trademarks, Copyrights, and Patents
SCORE Contact:
bob.mennella@scorevolunteer.org
914 760-3810
Workshop Presenters:
laurie@tmthespot.com, (917) 566-1003; libby@lbvpatents.com, 212-513-1940
Fees:
$10 Online Registration
$20 at the door
Most small business owners start out with an incomplete picture of what legal protections are available. A lack of clarity around IP can mean a significant potential loss in assets and value. Your intellectual property could be easily copied, usually leaving you, business owner, without any recourse.
This workshop will address how you can better protect your IP by knowing what legal protections exist and putting those protections in place early on.
What you'll gain in this workshop:
- Differentiate among trademarks, copyrights and patents
- Know when and why each type of IP is needed and the process and cost of obtaining each
- Understand the impact of having a patent on the chances of getting funded
- Distinguish between patentability and patent infringement
Most small business owners start out with an incomplete picture of what legal protections are available. A lack of clarity around IP can mean a significant potential loss in assets and value. Your intellectual property could be easily copied, usually leaving you, business owner, without any recourse.
This workshop will address how you can better protect your IP by knowing what legal protections exist and putting those protections in place early on.
What you'll gain in this workshop:
- Differentiate among trademarks, copyrights and patents
- Know when and why each type of IP is needed and the process and cost of obtaining each
- Understand the impact of having a patent on the chances of getting funded
- Distinguish between patentability and patent infringement
Your instructors are Laurie Marshall and Libby Varghese.
For over 20 years, Laurie Marshall has been counseling clients on trademarks, copyrights and the legal aspects of branding. Laurie was trademark counsel for Major League Baseball for 10 years and continues to represent many MLB clubs, the National Basketball Association and hundreds of small businesses. She speaks regularly on the Legal Aspects of Branding a Small Business at events and conferences throughout the country.
Libby B. Varghese is a seasoned Registered Patent Attorney who has filed, prosecuted and obtained numerous patents in the U.S. and abroad on behalf of a wide array of clients ranging from individual inventors to large-scale corporations. Ms. Varghese counsels clients in all phases of seeking and obtaining a patent. Whether a client needs to evaluate an idea to see if it is patentable, to determine whether to file for protection in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Ms. Varghese guides clients through a complicated patent system. Ms. Varghese regularly assists clients in the preparation, filing and attainment of utility and design patents. She also handles reexamination and reissue of patents.
Libby B. Varghese is a seasoned Registered Patent Attorney with years of experience handling matters related to Trademark Law, Copyright Law, and Corporate Intellectual Property Due Diligence.
Ms. Varghese has filed, prosecuted and obtained numerous patents in the U.S. and abroad on behalf of a wide array of clients ranging from individual inventors to large-scale corporations.
Ms. Varghese counsels clients in all phases of seeking and obtaining a patent. Whether a client needs to evaluate an idea to see if it is patentable, to determine whether to file for protection in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and/or foreign patent offices, or to defend a patent application or an issued patent before the USPTO, Ms. Varghese guides clients through a complicated patent system. Ms. Varghese regularly assists clients in the preparation, filing and attainment of utility and design patents. She also handles reexamination and reissue of patents.