[Invent, Protect, Prosper]: IP Fundamentals for All w/U.S. Patents and Trademarks Office

​Calling all creative thinkers and doers! Don’t miss this exciting, high-energy workshop with the USPTO (U.S. Patent and Trademark Office), where you’ll unlock the power of intellectual property (IP) and learn how to protect your big ideas. Explore the fundamentals of patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets, and see how IP can help turn innovation into opportunity. We’ll also feature business examples that help bridge the process to life. IP matters: these industries drive about 41% of U.S. economic output ($6.2 trillion), support more than 63 million jobs, and make up about 31% of U.S. service exports.

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• ​Learn the different types of IP protection. How do they differ from one another and how they can be successfully combined in an IP portfolio.

• ​Learn about leveraging IP as a business strategy and why innovators and entrepreneurs should consider protecting and enforcing their IP.

• ​Learn about IP territorial rights how to help protect your intellectual property (IP) in foreign jurisdictions.

​Hosted by Reynaldo Vásquez, USPTO Regional Outreach Officer