Intellectual property, particularly patents, are crucial assets for any entrepreneur starting a new business. However, too often mistakes are made that either jeopardize a company's patent rights or overlook the impact of another party's patents on the company's ability to do business. Learn how to avoid the IP surprises that can kill an investment during due diligence and how to best position your company's IP and maximize its value.

We will address the following important topics:

Why obtaining a patent doesn't give you the ability to sell your product?
How to avoid activities that can cause a loss of patent rights?
How to minimize the risks of infringing third party patents?
How to secure ownership in your company's IP!
What scope of protection should your patents be seeking?
How to allocate your investment dollars effectively on your IP strategy?

About Our Speaker(s)

Karin Kennedy

J.D. - University of Florida
B.S. in Electrical Engineering
B.S. in Physics

Ms. Kennedy, as an Intellectual Property Attorney, has an active litigation, trademark and copyright practice.

Karin advises clients with regards to websites, Internet marketing, e-commerce, protection of data and information security. She also prepares and prosecutes patent applications in the electrical and software arts.

A former engineer with Daimler Chrysler, IBM, Synopsys and Tektronix, she has extensive experience developing code and working with most software programming languages, hardware description languages and operating systems, as well as experience in chip and circuit design.

She currently is with CHRISTOPHER & WEISBERG, P.A. An Intellectual Property Boutique
www.cwiplaw.com

Jacqueline C. Tadros, Esq.

Ms. Tadros has a Bachelors Degree in Chemistry and a Juris Doctor Degree in Law from the University of the Pacific in California. Ms. Tadros concentrates her practice in the area of intellectual property law.

Jacqueline counsels clients in a wide variety of matters relating to patents and trademarks and assists individuals and corporate clients in securing domestic and international intellectual property rights.

Jacqueline is a registered patent attorney and is admitted to the bars of the State of Florida, the U.S. District for the Southern District of Florida, the U.S. District for the Middle District of Florida and the State of New York. She is a member of the Sports and Entertainment Law Section of the Florida Bar.

Event Date and Venue

This event will be held from 6:00 pm on Wednesday, May 25, 2011 at:

Mitel Corporation
750 Park of Commerce Blvd Suite 130
Boca Raton, Florida 33487
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Pre-registration for this event is closed and on-site registrations will not be accepted.

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