Boston, Massachusetts: Software Patents Law Firm
Robert Plotkin, P.C.
Boston, Massachusetts
Toll-Free: 877.651.8039 | Office Phone: 978.318.9914
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Intellectual Property Seminars
Any computer technology business stands on the strength of its intellectual property protection. In our experience, a business that understands the basics of patent law and the most common steps for protecting patent rights is better equipped to make successful long-term business decisions that reinforce the company’s intellectual property.
To that end, the law office of Robert Plotkin, P.C. offers a range of educational seminars for our clients. We provide these seminars — conducted by experienced patent attorney Robert Plotkin — either at our office, in-house at your business location, or via remote access. Attorney Plotkin is an experienced educator, author, and speaker who can make intellectual property protection both understandable and enjoyable to any audience.
The following are examples of our most common seminars. Please contact us if you would like us to customize a seminar for your business.
Top Ten Patent Pitfalls: How to Avoid Forfeiting Your Patent Rights
You can lose the ability to obtain patent protection for your inventions long before you ever file a patent application. Therefore, if you are developing a new technology, it is important that you understand how to avoid forfeiting your patent rights, even if you are not yet ready to begin the process of seeking a patent itself. This seminar outlines the ten most common ways in which people forfeit or weaken their patent rights, and how to avoid such pitfalls.
Although we recommend this seminar for everyone who has come up with a potentially patentable idea, we particularly recommend it for first-time inventors and startup companies who are new to the patent process.
- FREE: A shortened (30-minute) version of this seminar is offered free by webcast or in person at our office to non-clients. No question-and-answer period is available with the complimentary version of this seminar.
- FLAT FEE: The one-hour version of this seminar includes expanded content and a question-and-answer session, and is offered to clients for a reasonable flat fee.
Navigating the Patent Maze: Protecting Your Business with Patents
We recommend this seminar for all businesses seeking to protect their technology with patents. This seminar includes all of the content of the “Top Ten Pitfalls” seminar (see above), plus:
- How to document your inventions early to provide proof of the date of invention.
- How to determine which technologies to bring to the attention of your patent lawyer, and how to provide that information most effectively.
- Differences between and tradeoffs among using patent, copyright, trade secret, and trademark protection.
- How to identify who to name as inventors on a patent application.
- How to comply with the U.S. Patent Office’s “duty of disclosure” requirement.
- Overview of the contents of a patent application, and how to review a draft of a patent application.
- How to use email and other written communication in ways that won’t come back to haunt you.
- Overview of the patent process, from conception of the invention to enforcement of the patent.
- Typical time frames and budgets associated with obtaining patent protection in the U.S. and internationally.
- FLAT FEE: Patent lawyer Robert Plotkin conducts this half-day seminar at our office, your office, or via remote access to educate business owners and employees about the patent process. Our reasonable flat fee is based on the number of attendees, duration of seminar, and travel time required.
Contact the Law Office of Patent Lawyer Robert Plotkin
To schedule one of these seminars, or to request a custom-designed educational seminar to address issues of particular concern to your company, we welcome you to contact our offices.
Toll-Free: 877.651.8039
Office Phone: 978.318.9914
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