The Patent Process: What Non-IP Lawyers Need to Know
Tuesday, October 23, 2018 | 6:00 PM EDT - 7:30 PM EDT
Learn how an idea or invention moves through the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to become a patent. Understanding the process will help you counsel clients who receive a cease and desist letter, inherit a patent, defend against a patent holder, or evaluate whether buying or licensing a patent is a good investment. The program will help you to:
• Define what a patent is and what materials are included in a patent
• Identify different types of patents and patent applications
• Describe the pathway from invention to a patent in both the United States and foreign countries
• Adhere to the statutory requirements for obtaining a patent in the U.S.
• Evaluate the relative strength of a patent
• Recognize the importance of non-disclosure agreements throughout the process
• Anticipate the pitfalls of working with invention companies
NJ CLE Information: This program has been approved by the Board on Continuing Legal Education of the Supreme Court of New Jersey for 1.5 hours of total CLE credit.
• Define what a patent is and what materials are included in a patent
• Identify different types of patents and patent applications
• Describe the pathway from invention to a patent in both the United States and foreign countries
• Adhere to the statutory requirements for obtaining a patent in the U.S.
• Evaluate the relative strength of a patent
• Recognize the importance of non-disclosure agreements throughout the process
• Anticipate the pitfalls of working with invention companies
NJ CLE Information: This program has been approved by the Board on Continuing Legal Education of the Supreme Court of New Jersey for 1.5 hours of total CLE credit.
FACULTY:
Pat Werschulz, Esq.
Werschulz Patent Law, LLC, Cranford, New Jersey
Pat Werschulz is a registered patent attorney who is in the job of protection. She works with inventors and start-ups to protect their valuable inventions and brands. Before going to law school, she was a Director of Research and Development for Bristol-Myers Squibb Consumer Medicines where she learned what it takes to take an invention from lab to marketplace. After more than 30 years as a chemist, she decided to change to law and is a 2009 Rutgers Law graduate.
Werschulz Patent Law, LLC, Cranford, New Jersey
Pat Werschulz is a registered patent attorney who is in the job of protection. She works with inventors and start-ups to protect their valuable inventions and brands. Before going to law school, she was a Director of Research and Development for Bristol-Myers Squibb Consumer Medicines where she learned what it takes to take an invention from lab to marketplace. After more than 30 years as a chemist, she decided to change to law and is a 2009 Rutgers Law graduate.
LOCATION:
Rutgers Law School
Center for Law and Justice
123 Washington Street
Newark, NJ 07102
Center for Law and Justice
123 Washington Street
Newark, NJ 07102
CREDITS:
CLE: NJ: 1.5 | NY: 1.5 | PA: 1.0
SUBJECT AREAS:
Intellectual Property
Patent
Patent
COST:
$40.00
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