Basics of Patent Law for Scientists, Engineers and Entrepreneurs
Daniar Hussain, Thomas Presson
Fri Jan 12, 12-02:00pm, 34-101
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Basics of patent law explained and demystified by a scientific advisor (MIT EECS '04 alum), and an associate at Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP, a New York intellectual property law firm. Constitutional and legal foundations of patent law, its history, important case law interpreting statutes, current events, and speculation about the future of patent law. Issues we'll discuss: legal privileges awarded by patents; the US patent system compared with that of other countries; how patents work internationally; what is patentable subject matter; what a claim is and how to write one; what is required to apply for a patent and can one apply on one's own; costs and ways of hiring patent attorneys; length of time for patent application approval; patent infringement suits.
Lunch will be served. Cosponsored by the Graduate Student Council.
Contact: Daniar Hussain, DHussain@alum.mit.edu
Sponsor: EECS Graduate Students Association
Cosponsor: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Latest update: 15-Dec-2006
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