Patent Pending: A Discussion of Intellectual Property

Agenda & Speakers

Session 1: Davona Douglas

The Wyoming Research Products Center offers no-cost assistance to Wyoming inventors and small businesses regarding patents, trademarks, copyright protection and commercialization.

Topics will include:

• Basics of trademarks
• Basics of copyrights
• Basics of trade secrets
• How we match Wyoming inventors? technical needs with resources and technical expertise at the University of Wyoming.

Session 2: Toni Tease

Congress overhauled the U.S. patent laws last September, and this seminar will teach you not only how the patent laws were changed but how these changes will affect the way you do business.

Topics will include:

• First-inventor-to-file
• New procedures for challenging issued patents
• Limitations on patent troll litigation
• Standards for patentability of inventions
• The patent process

The Speakers

Davona Douglass

Davona Douglass is the director of the Wyoming Research Products Center (RPC).

The RPC has an outreach mission to assist any Wyoming entrepreneur or inventor across the state. They work closely and supportively with Wyoming citizens and companies to help them identify, protect and commercialize their intellectual property.

Toni Tease

Toni Tease is a registered patent attorney who practices in the areas of intellectual property and technology law. Antoinette M. Tease, P.L.L.C. is Montana’s first full-service intellectual property law firm.

Toni’s firm was ranked #7 solo patent firm in the country by Intellectual Property Today magazine.

Location

Sheridan College
Watt Agriculture Center
Sheridan, WY (Google map)

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