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Intellectual Property Overview:A Focus on Trade Secret and Software Protection

SKU: IP001
General Credits
1.5
Price$50
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Description

Trade Secret Protection is an under-appreciated form of intellectual property protection. This course explains what is eligible for trade secret protection and how to properly define and maintain a trade secret. Licensing issues are mentioned. The Uniform Trade Secrets Act and the U.S. Economic Espionage Act of 1996 are included and discussed. The legally recognizable aspects of software (functions, interfaces, data, etc.) are compared with the different forms of intellectual property protections, explaining how and when to rely on the various legal regimes. Contracts and licensing as well as court decisions grappling with software issues are discussed.

Lecturer Bios

Brenda Pomerance, Esq.

Brenda Pomerance is a patent attorney sole practitioner and proprietor of Law Offices of Brenda Pomerance in New York City. Since 2000, she had been helping companies protect their intellectual property, mainly software or electrical inventions.

For about ten years previously, she was a patent attorney at major New York City patent firms, and for ten years before her legal career, she was an engineer. Ms. Pomerance had prepared and prosecuted over 1,000 patent applications for many clients. She has written numerous patent invalidity and non-infringement opinions. Ms. Pomerance participated in patent infringement litigation relating to microprocessor architectures (Digital v. Intel), dithering (laser printing of grays), a timer circuit for an air conditioner, a gray scale circuit for a facsimile machine (Acuscan v. Xerox, $40 million jury verdict), a spectrophotometer (color measurement device), and a furniture slipcover retaining device.

Ms. Pomerance holds a JD from Fordham Law School, a MSEE from George Washington University and BSEE and BSCS degrees from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.



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