[bioundgrd] FW: Advertising IAP patent workshop to MIT BUSA

[Joshua Stone]

From: Stephen M Hou <stephenhou at alum.mit.edu>
Date: Tuesday, January 3, 2017 at 8:33 PM
Subject: Advertising IAP patent workshop to MIT BUSA

Dear MIT BUSA,

I'm an MIT alumnus and patent practitioner, teaching the IAP workshop "Patent Law Essentials: What Scientists, Engineers & Entrepreneurs Need to Know" at MIT on Friday, January 20 & Saturday, January 21 (two identical sessions). The event is sponsored by the Graduate Student Council, the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship, the EECS Department, and the EECS Graduate Students Association.

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.

Thanks!

Stephen Hou

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Patent Law Essentials: What Scientists, Engineers & Entrepreneurs Need to Know

Two identical sessions:
Session 1: Friday, January 20, 2017, 2pm-6pm, 32-124
Session 2: Saturday, January 21, 2017, 2pm-6pm, 32-124
Limited to 60 participants in each session. Walk-ins allowed, but advance sign-up preferred. Sign-up URL: https://goo.gl/forms/r7Km1xmLMzJSe8ej1

Instructors: Stephen M. Hou, Julian G. Pymento, Chih-Yun (Steve) Wu
Contact: stephenhou at alum.mit.edu<mailto:stephenhou at alum.mit.edu>

Sponsored by: MIT Graduate Student Council<http://gsc.mit.edu/>; Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship<http://entrepreneurship.mit.edu/>; MIT Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science<https://www.eecs.mit.edu/>; MIT Electrical Engineering & Computer Science Graduate Students Association<http://eecsgsa.mit.edu/>.

All members of the MIT community (including alumni) are welcome. Refreshments will be served!

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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.
Some questions we will explore:
• What is the difference between a patent and a trade secret?
• Which inventions are patentable?
• What are the "novelty" & "non-obviousness" standards for patentability?
• How much do I have to disclose to obtain a patent?
• At what point in the R&D process should I file for a patent?
• Why am I an author on the paper, but not listed as an inventor on the patent?
• How are my patent rights affected if I am a researcher at a university or an employee of a company?
• What if I want a patent, but my co-inventor doesn't (or is deceased)?
• What is the scope of my patent? What does and doesn't it protect?
• Why are the sentences in patents so long and difficult to read?
• What should I do if my patent application is rejected?
• What are my duties and ethical obligations as an inventor during the application process and prosecution?
• Who can invalidate my patent after it is granted, and on what grounds?
• If someone is practicing my patent without my permission, how can I stop them?
• If I am accused of patent infringement, what recourse do I have?
• What changes were made to U.S. patent law by the America Invents Act of 2011 and recent court decisions?
• What issues do I face if I seek patent protection in multiple countries?
• What questions should I ask my patent attorney?

About the instructors

Stephen Hou is a JD candidate at NYU Law, where he is an InSITE Fellow, advising start-up companies on entrepreneurship and venture capital. He has practiced patent prosecution for law firms in Boston and San Francisco. He has been involved in three award-winning start-up companies, serving as co-founder, chief engineer and software engineer. Stephen graduated Phi Beta Kappa with four degrees in physics and electrical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he was a microsystems engineer and instructor, earning the Goodwin Medal for Excellence in Teaching and the President Paul E. Gray Award for Excellence in Research.

Julian Pymento is a JD candidate at NYU Law after completing undergraduate and graduate degrees in electrical engineering at NYU and a minor in business at NYU Stern. Julian has experience at Washington DC & New York law firms specializing in both patent prosecution and litigation. He has published research in NYU's Journal of Intellectual Property & Entertainment Law (JIPEL) that compares patent claim construction standards in the Patent Trial & Appeal Board and federal courts, and how those distinct standards impact legal practice. Julian is the Senior Notes Editor for JIPEL and has served as Patent Chair for the Intellectual Property & Entertainment Law Society.

Steve Wu is a JD candidate at NYU Law, has degrees in electrical engineering from UC Berkeley and Princeton, where his research included slow-light optical buffers and FinFET analysis, and has experience as a digital design engineer. As a registered patent agent and summer associate, he has practiced patent prosecution and litigation at law firms in Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco on behalf of technology companies ranging from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies. He has represented clients involved in consumer electronics, software-defined networking, programmable logic devices, image sensors, and digital currency.
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