INDEPENDENT ENTREPRENEURS COUNCIL

Rochester, NY Chapter

 

PRESENTS THE FOLLOWING SPEAKERS

2009-2010 Year

Date – As noted below

Time – 7: 30 – 9:30 AM - Breakfast is included.

Locations:  (see seminar notice for its location)

¨  Radisson Hotel – 175 Jefferson road – Rochester, NY 14623 - Next to RIT Campus or

¨ The Arnet– 336 Arnet Blvd (shares building with French Quarter Café)

 

Reservations are Required - Contact Rick Rivers at Rivers Organization 1-585-586-6906.

 

Speakers/Topics

 

¨ December 15, 2009  – Lee Drake– “Protecting your business data”

                                                     For small businesses and  entrepreneurs

 

¨   January 19, 2010  – Don Adair-”Ten Legal Mistakes Your Business May Be Making Right Now

                                                             and  How To Correct Them”

¨   February 16, 2010 – David Bassett – Preserving Intellectual Property-

( President, Bassett Statistical Company LLC.– for more about Dave see the Member page)

 

Many inventors and small business owners are unsure of how the patenting system works and what value a patent provides for their intellectual property.  Dave will review the patenting process and the protections patents provide to inventors.  He will provide an overview of the various ways intellectual property can be protected and he will discuss what steps inventors should take to preserve their intellectual property and the timing of these actions. 

 

¨   March 16, 2010-  John Sforza -Information Assurance in Systems of Systems

                                (SoS) Frameworks

Synopsis:

 

Cloud computing, Software as a Service (SaaS) are increasingly being accepted as additions and alternatives to traditional information technology business infrastructures. Cost savings, implementation speed and service features are among the benefits. Concerns over information security, identity management and service integration are also of continuing concern. This presentation looks at these concerns from a Systems of systems viewpoint and offers some insights and methods to consider in addressing these emerging information architectures.

 

¨   April  20, 2010  -  Dick Blazey –  What it REALLY takes to get a patent: 

                                                        “How  getting a patent is like being the defendant in a trial”

 

In this talk I’m going to cover materials that are not often dealt with in discussions of  applying for a patent.   That step  ,and all the work that entails, is  only the first step in a long process.  What I’m going go focus on is what happens 1.5 or more years AFTER your patent application is filed,  including a little understood step  called  Patent Prosecution.  It is in Patent Prosecution (which begins when your receive an “Office Action”) where you find out how good a job you and your attorney did in preparing the application and also encounter the luck of the draw as you find out the prejudices and peculiarities of the person who decides if you will get that patent,  The Patent Examiner.   I liken patent prosecution to a trial.  While you are not in a courtroom, all the players are there.  You are the defendant, your attorney is the defense and the examiner fills the roles  prosecutor , judge and jury.   Patent Prosecution is often the most frustrating , expensive and difficult for the inventors and their attorneys.  I have 35 patents and none of them escaped this process.  Learn what is likely to happen to your patent in prosecution  and what you may need to do to win.

¨   May 18, 2010  – Bob Lewis – Finding Ways to Improve Business Performance

 

You may make a reservation by e-mail to esst@riversorg.com  or fax to ESST c/o the Rivers Organization at 585-385-6053.

 

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