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Practical Intellectual Property Guidance for Executives and Entrepreneurs


Product Code - LGN10
Speaker(s): Todd R. Miller / Miller IP
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This program provides practical intellectual property guidance for executives and entrepreneurs and the counsel advising them to improve the company’s bottom line.

Sitting at your desk, you look down at the company’s ledger and review the bottom line. It is not where it needs to be. As technology is important to your company, you fully appreciate why your company is spending as much money as it is on research and development and intellectual property services. You are also painfully aware that in this day of commodization, entirely too much money is being spent on service providers that do not invest in learning about a company’s business, let alone a company’s business needs. A question nags at you: How do we know if the money in our IP budget is being well spent? This program provides practical intellectual property guidance for executives and entrepreneurs and the counsel advising them to improve the company’s bottom line.

Among many other issues, learn (i) how to choose which ideas are the ones you should try to protect; (ii) whether patents, trademarks, or copyrights would be best to use with your products or services to limit competition and protect your investments; (iii) where the greatest threat to your IP comes from--competition, knock‐offs or grey market, or defecting employees; (iv) what your company can do to identify, develop, and protect your IP assets; (v) if a patent ends up in litigation, the likelihood of adjudication versus settlement; (vi) whether registration with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is required before your company begins to use the mark; and (vii) what your company should be most concerned about regarding trade secrets.

Educational Objectives:

• Learn to work backwards
• Understand the basics of intellectual property
• Avoid common mistakes
• Include IP strategy as part of the company’s core business strategy

Who would benefit from attending the program?

This program provides practical information pertinent to intellectual property. As intellectual property is key to the success of many companies, learning practical intellectual property tips is invaluable to in-house counsel and management, including C-level executives and senior managers, of any company, as well as entrepreneurs and independent inventors.

Program Level: Basic

Todd R. Miller / Miller IP

Todd R. Miller / Miller IP
Todd Miller is a seasoned intellectual property attorney with substantial experience in both litigation and prosecution. He has represented the Fortune 250 as well as independent inventors. He has tried and won matters before jurors, judges, and arbitrators. As a registered patent attorney, Mr. Miller has prosecuted hundreds of patent and trademark applications before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and other agencies worldwide.

Mr. Miller is a former partner at Jones Day and co-chair of that firm’s Emerging Technologies practice. He is a frequent speaker and author, with more than 20 articles published worldwide in multiple languages. He also devotes a great deal of time teaching and mentoring startups and small to mid-sized companies with the overall objective of quickly and efficiently achieving business goals.

Mr. Miller earned an LL.M. in Intellectual Property Law with highest honors from George Washington University; a J.D. from Thomas M. Cooley Law School, where he was a member of the Law Review; and a B.S. in Materials Science Engineering from the University of Florida.

This program is CLE-credit eligible.

If you have further questions regarding a specific state or how to file for CLE credit, please contact Bloomberg BNA customer service at 800-372-1033 and ask to speak to the Legal and Business CLE Accreditation Coordinator.

Hardship Policy
Bloomberg BNA offers a hardship policy for any attorney earning less than $30,000 per year. If an attorney wishes to take advantage of this option, he or she must do so in writing and also provide proof of hardship. If approval is granted, a discount of 50% off the full registration price of the program will be awarded.

Questions
For more information about Mandatory or Minimum Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) requirements, visit the American Bar Association website at http://www.abanet.org/cle/mandatory.html.

• Bloomberg BNA Subscriber - OnDemand format $199

• Non-Subscriber - OnDemand format $249

• CD recording of program $199 (Subscriber and Non-Subscriber)

 

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