I will be attending the National Association of Patent Practitioners Annual Meeting this week

I will be attending the annual meeting of NAPP for the next 3 days, July 19-21 via zoom.   This annual meeting will include informational sessions on a wide variety of topics to keep me up to date on developments in patents law.  Some topics to be discussed are: Developments in artificial intelligence/machine learning–practical take-aways for drafting and prosecution;  Current Developments in Utility Patent Law;  Current  Developments in Design Patent Law (incl. Hague).    I will also get to socialize with many of my colleagues who practice patent preparation and prosecution around the country and a few from outside the USA.   For more information on the NAPP annual meeting, go here.

“Intellectual Property Basics for small Businesses” talk for the Women’s Business Development Council went very well!

About 30 people signed up for my talk on Intellectual Property Basics for Small Businesses. The talk happened on zoom on July 14, 2021.   I received lots of a good questions from the group of mostly women, and a few men.   To find more information about the Women’s Business Development Council, go  here.

Giving a talk on “Intellectual Property Basics for small Businesses” to the Women’s Business Development Council on July 14, 2021

I am happy to announce that I have been asked to a give a talk to the Women’s Business Development Council on Intellectual Property Basics for small businesses.   The talk will be on Wednesday, July 14, 2021 at noon on Zoom.   You can see more details and sign up here.

Entrepreneurs Society of Eastern Connecticut

Yesterday evening I attended the Entrepreneurs Society of Eastern Connecticut meeting entitled: ‘Grits2Gravy’ Entrepreneurial Keynote with Networking and Mentoring.  I met lots of young entrepreneurs.  The meeting was held at the courtyard of Housatonic College in Bridgeport.   To find out more about this group, go here.

Client obtains registered trademark!

I would like to congratulate my client  SIGNABLES LLC out of Longboat Key, Florida on their newly registered trademark for their design and word mark on “Signables” for memorabilia display frames to hold autographable images of sporting goods, autographable images of sports balls, autographable images of mascots, and autographable images of sports team’s logos.   The trademark can be seen here.