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Intellectual Property Law Basics: for Managers, Engineers and Scientists

 
  September 22, 2014  
     
 
CfPA-The Center for Professional Advancement, 90 Minute Accredited Online Training
October 29, 2014 at 11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. (ET)


Who Should Attend
This course should be profitable to those who are interested in the nature and extent of patent rights, how they are acquired, and how they may and may not be used. This includes, but is not limited to:

  • Managers in industry, government and educational 
    institutions 
  • Engineers 
  • Scientists 
  • Inventors

Description
Module 1: Concepts, Types and Terminology of Intellectual Property • Introduction
• Types of Intellectual Property
• Patentability Criteria
• Eligible Patentable Subject Matter
• Novelty in General

Module 2: Patentability
• Novelty-Pre AIA Law, but still relevant
• First to File
• Obviousness

Module 3: Parts of a Patent Application
• Claims
• Infringement Criteria
• Specification
• Sample claims
Question and Answer Session

 
 
Organized by: CfPA-The Center for Professional Advancement
Invited Speakers: Burton A. Amernick, Partner, Law Firm of Novak, Druce, Connolly, Bove + Quigg LLP

Burton A. Amernick is a partner in the law firm of Novak, Druce, Connolly, Bove + Quigg LLP and is currently active in private practice, specializing in patent and trademark causes. He was a Patent Examiner at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office before beginning private practice.

Mr. Amernick received the B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Maryland and the J.D. degree from the University of Baltimore, where he graduated Magna Cum Laude and was admitted to the Heuisler Honor Society. Mr. Amernick is admitted to the bars of the State of Maryland, District of Columbia, U.S. Supreme Court, Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, the United States Court of Claims, and the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, and is also admitted to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He is the author of Patent Law for the Non-Lawyer: A Guide for the Engineer, Technologist and Manager, Chapman and Hall; “Essentials of Patent Law,” Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 81, No. 19, pp. 1450-1454; “Protection of Intellectual Property,” Food Product Development: From Concept to the Marketplace, Van Nostrand Reinhold, Chapter 16; and “Patents,” Encyclopedia of Food Science and Technology, John Wiley & Sons.

Mr. Amernick was selected in 2013 as a “top rated lawyer in Intellectual Property” by American Law Media and Martindale Hubbell and “Top Patent Prosecutor” by Patent Review Patent Buddy 2011.
 
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E-mail: sberg@cfpa.com
 
   
 
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