The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA), and U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will be co-sponsoring a program on "Protecting Your IP Overseas: WIPO Services and Initiatives" on April 13, 2016 in Nashville, TN and on April 15, 2016 in Atlanta, Georgia. The Program will offer sessions on the following topics:
• Introduction to WIPO -- Development of the International Legal Framework Major Intellectual Property Economic Studies
• Global Intellectual Property Systems: The International Registration of Trademarks, using the Madrid System
• Global Intellectual Property Systems: Protecting your Inventions Internationally using the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)
• Global Intellectual Property Systems: The Hague System; A Simplified Application Process for Obtaining "Registered Designs" (or, "Design Patents"), for the Protection of Industrial Designs in Many International Jurisdictions
• How WIPO Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Services (which provide alternatives to conventional court actions) May be used to More Efficiently Settle IP Disputes
• How WIPO Databases and Tools may be used to Support the Knowledge Economy
An agenda for the program can be found here. The registration fee for the program is $50. Those interested in registering for the conference can do so here.
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