Please join us for this exclusive event! Organized in
conjunction with the U.S. Commercial Service and the International
Trade Administration's Office of Intellectual Property Rights, this seminar
will provide a forum for U.S. Government officials to interact directly
with attorneys and businesses in the Twin Cities about their intellectual property
protection internationally. This is ideal for small or large businesses
and international business and intellectual property attorneys with
topics including:
- Patents, trade secrets, obtaining/maintaining trademarks and
copyrights and enforcing intellectual property rights in the US and abroad
- Best practices and common mistakes; remedies for counterfeiting, piracy and
trade secret theft
- Law enforcement resources for IP
protection
Agenda
8:00 - 8:30 a.m. - Registration
8:30 - 8:45 a.m. - Welcoming
Remarks
Ryan
Kanne,
Director
Minneapolis
U.S. Export Assistance
Center
U.S. Commercial Service
8:45 - 9:45 a.m. - Top Intellectual Property Mistakes of
Entrepreneurs
Susan
Anthony,
Attorney-Advisor
Office
of Policy and External
Affairs
United
States Patent and Trademark Office
9:45 - 10:00 a.m. - Networking Break
10:00 - 10:30 a.m. - Intellectual Property (IP) "Warm-Up" - IP Assets
Assessment
Exercise
Andrea Cornwall, International Trade
Specialist
Office of Intellectual Property
Rights
International Trade Administration
10:30 - 11:30 a.m. - Intellectual Property &
Trade
Andrea Cornwell, International Trade
Specialist
Office of Intellectual Property
Rights
International Trade Administration
11:30 - 11:45 a.m. - Lunch Break
11:45 - 12:30 p.m. - Madrid Protocol
Lynne
Beresford,
Consultant
World Intellectual Property
Organization
Former
Commissioner for
Trademarks,
United States Patent and Trademark Office
12:30 - 1:15 p.m. - The FBI's Perspective:
Intellectual Property
Concerns
Shena
Crow
Special
Agent
FBI
Minneapolis Division
1:15 - 1:30 p.m. - Closing Remarks/Panel Q & A
1:30 - 3:00 p.m. - One-on-one
Consultations with pre-registration (15 minute segments - call Jennifer
Carter to
schedule)
Susan
Anthony
(USPTO)
Andrea
Cornwell
(ITA)
Lynne Beresford
(WIPO)
CLE Credits:
4.0 Standard
CLE credits approved | Event Code: 183576
Details:
Date:
Thursday, September 12, 2013
Time: 8:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Location:
Hilton Doubletree Park Place
1500 Park Place Blvd.
St.
Louis Park, MN 55416
Cost:
Section Members: $50.00
MSBA
Members but not Section Members: $55.00
Non-MSBA
Members: $60.00
Students: $10.00
Remote
Participation:
Webcasting and teleconferencing are not offered for this
event.