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IAP 2012 Activity


Patents & Pizza: Careers in Intellectual Property Law
Kristin Smith MIT Alum
Thu Jan 12, 06-08:00pm, 4-163

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event

Learn from MIT alums working in patent law about careers that let you stay abreast of the newest technologies. By working in the field of intellectual property, you can make a career of patenting, protecting, licensing, and valuing the most recent technological discoveries! Topics discussed will include an overview of intellectual property rights available to inventors, a day-in-the-life of patent attorneys, and a discussion of how intellectual property rights are protected in the realms of academia and industry. Bertucci's Pizza is sponsored by iRobot Corporation (http://www.irobot.com). Preregistration requested on CareerBridge.

Panelists:
Glen Weinstein, Senior Vice President & General Counsel at iRobot Corporation
Alex Wissner-Gross, Founder of Enernetics, Inc.
Kristin Smith, Associate at Carr & Ferrell
Wendy (Haller) Verlander, Senior Partner at WilmerHale
Clay Satow, Patent Counsel at Bose Corporation
Web: http://www.myinterfase.com/mit/student
Contact: Amanda Peters, 12-170, x3-4733, acpeters@mit.edu
Sponsor: Global Education and Career Development
Latest update: 12-Dec-2011


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