BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:-//Calagator//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:Calagator METHOD:PUBLISH VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20140309T020000 RDATE:20140309T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20140415T002141Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20140417T203000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20140417T180000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20140415T002141Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20140416T004623Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250466019 DESCRIPTION:\n \;\n Intellectual Property Protection - Why and How? \;\n TiE Panel: IP &\; Protecting Your Competitive Adv antage \;\n Thursday April 17th\, 6:00pm-8:30pm  \;\n \;\n \;\n How to best protect the competitive advantage of your business?  \;\n If your leg-up on the comp etition depends on your specific invention or innovation\, should you pa tent? Claim copyright? Trademark? How\, if at all\, is that different fo r different types of products\, for instance software versus hardware pr oducts?  \;\n And why should you care? \;\n   3\;\n Here are some people you can ask.  \;\n   \;\n Leigh Gill is an attorney for Immix Law Group\, as well a s a TiE Charter Member.  \;\n His legal expertise and specif ic interests include intellectual property protection\, and he brings re al world experience from having worked as an account manager\, business analyst\, project manager and consultant in technology businesses. \; \n   \;\n \;\nCraig Evans is CEO and Fo under of ESS (Energy Storage Solutions)\, a company focusing on products for clean and reliable energy. The energy sector is full of opportunity and competition for the next great solution to our planet's growing ene rgy needs. With a Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering\, Craig has authored over 15 patents and patent applications. \;\n \;\n   \;\n Jim Huston is Managing Director of Portland Seed Fund and a TiE Charter Member. As a past Director of Intellectual Proper ty at Intel Capital\, as well as having taught at Lewis and Clark Law Sc hool and University of Portland Center for Entrepreneurship on areas whe re law\, business and technology intersect\, he has great experience -an d some opinions- on these topics.  \;\n \;\n   \;\n&# 13\;\n We'll be discussing intellectual property\, patents\, le gal issues and more\, at our  \;\n \;\nTiE Panel Discuss ion: IP &\; Protecting Your Competitive Advantage on Thursday\, April 17th\, 6:00pm-8:30pm \;\n \;\n \;\n \;\ nOur Moderator for the evening's discussion\, Brent Bullock\, is a partn er at Perkins Coie LLP\, and widely recognized as a leader in corporate and securities law.  \;\n \;\n \;\n Networki ng mixer \;\n Come enjoy a networking mixer prior to the dis cussion and speaker presentation\, courtesy of event sponsors Perkins Co ie LLP. \;\n \;\n Introduction to ONAMI \;\n \;\n As if the above panel discussion wasn't enough\, we w ill be featuring a speaker from ONAMI\, Oregon's first Signature Researc h Center\, to introduce the organization and its activities. You may for instance not know that\, among other things\, ONAMI provides gap fundin g to entrepreneurs\, to accelerate research and commercialization of mat erials science and related device- and system technologies. \;\n \;\n \;\n This promises to be an evening jam-packed with useful information\, insights and networking.  \;\n Hurry and save your seat! \;\n \;\n \;\ n \;\n \;\n \;\nRegister Now   3\;\n April 17th\, 6:00pm-8:30pm \;\n \;\nT iE Members: $15\; public: $25 \;\n \;\n \;\n \;\n \;\n \n\nImported from: http://calagator.org/event s/1250466019 URL:https://oregon.tie.org/event/40/tie-panel-discussion-ip-and-patents SUMMARY:TiE Panel: IP & Protecting Your Competitive Advantage + An Introd uction To ONAMI LOCATION:TiE Pearl Incubator: ISITE Design\, 2030 NW Pettygrove St.\, Por tland OR 97209 US SEQUENCE:6 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR