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Intellectual Property for Small Business

Intellectual property is something that can affect how you run your business. Small to Medium business owners, purchasing managers, contract managers, personnel managers, and technical managers should attend this presentation to get a better understanding of how intellectual property and other legal issues can affect their company.

Registration is required at: http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=kh4mz7kab&oeidk=a07eirb5fnz87b98162

What you’ll learn:

  • That prospective investors like to see intellectual property plans in place.

  • There are many types of intellectual property to consider when seeking to protect your intellectual property.

  • How written agreements, policies and security protocols should be in place to adequately maintain business confidences.

  • Make sure you own your intellectual property (which does not just mean owning a patent).

  • The agreements that a company enters can affect the company’s intellectual property.

  • The company should consider licensing intellectual property.

  • As with other aspects of a business, keeping good written records is very important when it comes to intellectual property and other legal issues.

  • The personnel in your company can also be considered intellectual property.

About Your Presenter

James R. McDaniel, Esq. is a registered patent attorney with the United States Patent and Trademark Office since 1989. He is also a licensed attorney with the Commonwealth of Virginia since 1989. He has worked in various Fortune 500 companies such as General Electric, Westvaco, Hewlett Packard, and LSI/Avago. He has prepared over 300 patent applications in the US and various foreign countries. He has prepared dozens of trademark applications. He has conducted licensing discussions with many Fortune 100/500 companies. The discussions culminated in executed licensing agreements having an overall deal value in excess of $100 Million dollars. He has a BSME from the Pennsylvania State University. He has a JD from the George Mason University School of Law. He currently lives in Nazareth with this wife, Larissa, and son, Donovan.

The Law Office of James R. McDaniel was founded in 2009. The Law Office specializes in Intellectual Property Law (Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, Trade Secrets) and Licensing. The Law Office is located in Nazareth, PA.

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