The seminar will be in Room 1105 of the Weisberg Applied Engineering Complex and will also be available virtually via Microsoft Teams.
The session will provide a general overview of intellectual property protection, including the technology transfer process and the primary areas of intellectual property law: patents, trademarks, trade secrets and copyrights. The program will also focus on the various types of patent protection. Topics will include statutory requirements for obtaining a patent, university ownership of inventions, differences between patent applications and technical publications, distinctions between inventorship and authorship, and key considerations for preserving patent rights in an academic setting. Attendees will also learn how to determine whether an invention is ready for patenting.
The seminar will be led by attorney Terry Wright of Stites & Harbison PLLC in Louisville, Kentucky, and Amy Melton, director of Marshall’s Technology Transfer Office.
Wright has extensive experience advising clients ranging from small privately held companies to multinational publicly traded organizations. He regularly develops intellectual property protection strategies for consumer goods, medical and mechanical devices, and life sciences technologies. With a background in life sciences, Wright has experience in academic research areas including cardiovascular biology, molecular and cellular biology, pharmacology and biotechnology. He also counsels companies and university technology transfer offices on patent-based intellectual property strategies.
The seminar is free and open to the public, but registration is required. To register, visit https://events.marshall.edu/department/murc.
For more information, contact Melton at 304-696-4365 or tto@marshall.edu.