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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">You are invited to the IAP workshop <b>"Patent Law Essentials: What Scientists, Engineers & Entrepreneurs Need to Know"</b> at MIT on Saturday, January 19. The event is sponsored
by the Graduate Student Council, the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship, and the EECS Department.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The workshop would be especially useful for students and post-docs who are considering patent protection for their work, starting a company, or pursuing a career in patent law.
Please feel free to pass along the e-mail ad below to your group.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="http://student.mit.edu/searchiap/iap-9289af8d50a3b9430150aa894a030018.html" target="_blank"><b>Patent Law Essentials: What Scientists, Engineers & Entrepreneurs Need to Know</b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Saturday, January 19, 2019, 2pm-6pm, Room <a href="http://whereis.mit.edu/?go=6" target="_blank">6-120</a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline;outline:0px"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Limited: Advance sign-up required. Signup at </span><em><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Grande",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><a href="https://goo.gl/forms/lwb3bVRU5m7H4JRp1" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0022FF">https://goo.gl/forms/lwb3bVRU5m7H4JRp1</span></a></span></b></em><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Instructors: Julian Pymento & Ryan Jin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Contact: <a href="mailto:patent-workshop@mit.edu" target="_blank">patent-workshop@mit.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Sponsored by: <a href="http://gsc.mit.edu/" target="_blank">MIT Graduate Student Council</a>; <a href="http://entrepreneurship.mit.edu/" target="_blank">Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship</a>; <a href="https://www.eecs.mit.edu/" target="_blank">MIT
Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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All members of the MIT community (including alumni) are welcome. Refreshments will be served!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Patent protection for inventions is a valuable component of business strategy for startups and established companies. This workshop covers the basics of U.S. patent law, including the patent application process,
prosecution, litigation, and licensing. Undergraduates, graduate students, and post-docs in science, engineering, and business are welcome. We will discuss what recent developments in patent law mean for inventors, and draw examples ranging from the computer
software to the pharmaceutical industries.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Some questions we will explore:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• What is the difference between a patent and a trade secret?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Which inventions are patentable?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• What are the "novelty" & "non-obviousness" standards for patentability?<br>
• How much do I have to disclose to obtain a patent?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• At what point in the R&D process should I file for a patent?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Why am I an author on the paper, but not listed as an inventor on the patent?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• How are my patent rights affected if I am a researcher at a university or an employee of a company?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• What if I want a patent, but my co-inventor doesn't (or is deceased)?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• What is the scope of my patent? What does and doesn't it protect?<br>
• Why are the sentences in patents so long and difficult to read?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• What should I do if my patent application is rejected?<br>
• What are my duties and ethical obligations as an inventor during the application process and prosecution?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Who can invalidate my patent after it is granted, and on what grounds?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• If someone is practicing my patent without my permission, how can I stop them?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• If I am accused of patent infringement, what recourse do I have?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• What changes were made to U.S. patent law by the America Invents Act of 2011 and recent court decisions?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• What issues do I face if I seek patent protection in multiple countries?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• W<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">hat questions should I ask my patent attorney?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><u>About the instructors</u></b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline;outline:0px"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Julian Pymento: </span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/julian-pymento" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0022FF;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">https://www.linkedin.com/in/julian-pymento</span></a><br>
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Ryan Jin: <span style="color:#0022FF;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/hjryanjin/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0022FF">https://www.linkedin.com/in/hjryanjin/</span></a></span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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