BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Missouri State University/Calendar of Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20070311T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 DTSTART:20071104T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:d4719576-60e8-4df9-8f11-2d49da8994c9.184362@calendar.missouristate.edu CREATED:20180129T221300Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180129T221300Z LOCATION:Plaster Free Enterprise Center\, Robert W. PCTR 1001 SUMMARY:Protecting Your Intellectual Property DESCRIPTION:Intellectual property (IP) assets can be among the most valuab le assets for any small business\, but not many entrepreneurs and small b usiness owners take the necessary steps to protect and defend those asset s. This interactive seminar will cover the four basic types of IP: patent s\, copyrights\, trademarks and trade secrets. The discussion will includ e an overview of the steps needed to secure IP protection\, what rights t hat protection conveys and how to defend your IP.\n\n\nWe will address qu estions such as:\n\n\n\nFor small-business owners\, is it worth the time and effort to secure intellectual property rights?\nOnce I get a trademar k\, my brand is safe\, right?\nHaving a patent gives me the right to prod uce something\; wait it doesn’t?\nIf I have a patent or trademark in the United States\, do I need to worry about the rest of the world?\n\nThis s eminar is designed to provide practical business advice – not legal advic e. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<html><head><title></title></head><body><p>In tellectual property (IP) assets can be among the most valuable assets for any small business\, but not many entrepreneurs and small business owner s take the necessary steps to protect and defend those assets. This inter active seminar will cover the four basic types of IP: patents\, copyright s\, trademarks and trade secrets. The discussion will include an overview of the steps needed to secure IP protection\, what rights that protectio n conveys and how to defend your IP.</p>\n<p>We will address questions su ch as:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>For small-business owners\, is it worth the time an d effort to secure intellectual property rights?</li>\n<li>Once I get a t rademark\, my brand is safe\, right?</li>\n<li>Having a patent gives me t he right to produce something\; wait it doesn’t?</li>\n<li>If I have a pa tent or trademark in the United States\, do I need to worry about the res t of the world?</li>\n</ul>\n<p>This seminar is designed to provide pract ical business advice –&nbsp\;not legal advice.<span></span></p></body></h tml> DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180426T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180426T170000 SEQUENCE:1 URL:http://cbed.missouristate.edu/wconnect/CourseStatus.awp3?&course=SP060 418 CATEGORIES:Public,Alumni,Current Students,Faculty,Staff END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR