National Inventors Month celebrates human ingenuity and honors innovation and creativity. This May, take the opportunity to ignite an interest in learning and preserving intellectual property history. The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has been recognizing inventors through the issuance of U.S. patents since the inception of the U.S. patent system and the […]
The power of art, creativity and innovation continues to be evident throughout our global community despite the various societal and economic challenges we've faced this past year. Along with impactful fashion design and business, comes the reality of intellectual property (IP) rights which allow one to manage the protection, sharing and commercialization of innovative and […]
Are you a small business owner or entrepreneur interested in learning about trademarks and how to apply for a federal registration? If so, this event is a must-attend. In this first module of our eight-part virtual Trademark Basics Boot Camp, we’ll focus on trademark protection in the United States. The event is free, but space […]
Join us for the 15th annual EurekaFest celebration to honor young inventors! This year's event will be held online over a three-day period from June 15 to June 17, 2021. EurekaFest is an event that empowers student inventors, honors role models, and encourages creativity and problem solving. Programming includes an introduction to the 2021 Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams — teams of high school students […]
The Georgia Tech Library’s Patent and Trademark Resource Center, in partnership with United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), offers for the first time a six-week intellectual property summer series online. This series includes ten workshops led by USPTO experts through June and July, and all workshops are free and open to the public. Session […]
Every wonder what a copyright is and why you need one? Copyright is a form of intellectual property law that protects original works of authorship including literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works, such as poetry, novels, movies, songs, computer software, and architecture. Join this webinar to learn more about copyrights. Speakers include Jaylen Johnson of […]
Registration fees: FREE - sponsored by the Friends of the Los Angeles County Law Library through the generous support of Pacific Western Bank. Learn all the things you “didn’t know you needed to know” about building your business. Leading attorneys and financial professionals present this 14-part series giving entrepreneurs and business owners the practical and […]
Virtual Event September 21-23, 2021 The Intellectual Property Institute has forged a reputation for gathering national speakers to analyze sophisticated topics and provide practical takeaways. Focusing on copyright, patent and trademark law, the Institute will take place in the mornings through early afternoon over the course of three days and features morning plenary sessions, a keynote […]
Introduction to Intellectual Property is a recent addition to the OpenStax library of free, openly licensed resources. Supported by the Michelson Institute for Intellectual Property, this resource can be used in any STEM/STEAM course from introductory sciences to engineering and more. Learning objectives for this session: Gain a high-level understanding of the importance of intellectual […]
The U.S. Copyright Office and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office are hosting an October 26, 2021, conference that will explore machine learning in practice, how existing copyright laws apply to the training of artificial intelligence, and what the future may hold in this fast-moving policy space. The event will comprise three one-hour sessions, with […]
On February 11, the United States recognizes National Inventors' Day, a day to salute past and present great inventors. First signed into declaration on February 11, 1983, President Ronald Reagan chose the date because it was Thomas Edison’s birthday.
