Does your CEO, CFO, CTO and General Counsel have the most relevant information regarding the innovation in process to make informed choices about what to pursue? Do your scientists and engineers know enough about what can be protected as proprietary to identify when they have created something of value? Do your middle managers understand enough about the science, engineering and law to ensure they don’t weed out the next billion-dollar idea as something not worth pursuing? Does your corporation have policies in place to determine the best path to proprietary protection once an innovation of consequence has been realized?
Join me for a free webinar on Thursday, October 19, 2017 at 12pm ET to discuss these critical questions and decision-points on the path from idea to intangible asset to tangible profit.
Joining me for this discussion is James Pooley, a nationally recognized expert on trade secret law and former Deputy Director of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). We will focus on the business implications of patents, trade secrets and innovation, discussing the information needed at every stage to allow executives to pursue a thoughtful, strategic plan.
In addition to taking as many questions from the audience as possible we will discuss: