Protect Your Intellectual Property and Attend NAMM IP Academy
at USPTO Headquarters
April 8 and 9, 2015

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NAMM Members have the opportunity to participate in a free two-day, Intellectual Property (IP) Academy on April 8 and 9, 2015, at the Global Intellectual Property Academy (GIPA) of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in Alexandria, Virginia. 

In its third year, the program is designed to help attendees understand strategies and to protect and manage IP, including patents, trade secrets, trademarks, and copyrights, domestically and abroad. 

The Global Intellectual Property Academy invites NAMM Members to send in IP-related questions and concerns for IP Academy attorneys to use to develop additional materials to assist NAMM Members in protecting their intellectual property. 

The Global Intellectual Property AcademyActing Director Susan Anthony will spearhead IP Academy sessions.  With more than 30 years’ experience in almost all facets of intellectual property protection and enforcement, in the U.S. and abroad, Anthony leads the USPTO initiative with NAMM. 

Speakers will include intellectual property experts from the Office of Policy and International Affairs (OPIA), U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, as well as guest speakers from the private sector.    

Agenda for Wednesday, April 8, 2015*

9:00 a.m.- 9:15 a.m.          Arrival and Welcome

10:30 a.m.- 12:15 p.m.      Trademarks and Patents: Developing A Global   Brand Strategy,  including use of the Madrid Protocol and the Patent Cooperation Treaty

10:15 a.m.- 10:30 a.m.     Break

9:15 a.m.- 10:15 a.m.       U.S. Trademarks: Identification, Clearance, Prosecution, Maintenance, and Enforcement 

12:15 a.m.- 1:30 p.m.         Lunch (on premises, in GIPA Internet Café)

1:30 a.m.- 2:45 p.m.           Protecting Product Designs Using Patents,              Trademarks, and Copyright

2:45 a.m. - 3:45 p.m.          Economic Espionage in the Product Design Process

3:45 p.m.- 4:00 p.m.           Break

4:00 p.m.- 5:00 p.m.           Domain Names: What’s on the Horizon with the New gTLD Roll-out?

5:00 p.m.               Closing (end of Day 1)

 

Agenda for Thursday, April 9th^*

9:00 a.m.- 9:15 a.m.            Arrival and Welcome

9:15 a.m.- 11:00 a.m.          Intellectual Property Protection in China: Patents, Trademarks, Copyright, including in Trade Shows in China

11:00 a.m.- 11:15 a.m.        Break

11:30 a.m.- 12:15 p.m.        Putting You to Work: An Interactive Case Study

12:15 a.m.- 1:30 p.m.          Lunch (on premises, in GIPA Internet Café)

1:30 a.m.- 2:30 p.m.             Protecting Your Music App or Software

2:30 p.m.- 3:45 p.m.             Protecting Against Counterfeiting and Piracy in the Music Products Industry

3:45 p.m.- 4:00 p.m.             Closing

The USPTO has been a strong supporter of NAMM for many years, hosting the USPTO Strategy for Targeting Organized Piracy (STOP) Booth at the NAMM Show, making presentations on IP "hot topics" and handling calls from NAMM members on its STOP Hotline, 1-866-999-HALT.  USPTO also supports NAMM Members on specific IP preparation for trade shows in China and Russia. 

*Program subject to change