Protecting Creativity and Innovation

Friday, November ​22, 2019
​3:00 PM – ​4:30 PM CST
Texas A&M School of Law Legal Clinics
Star-Telegram Building
307 W. 7th St., Ste. LL50, Fort Worth TX 76102
Open to students and the public.  Lunch will be served.  Registration is free but limited to 50 participants.
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Please join us for an interactive panel exploring the different ways to secure legal protection for your creativity and innovation.

Do you have a creative idea? Have you invented something? Are you looking for legal protection for your logo or products? Please join us for an interactive panel exploring the different ways to secure legal protection for your creativity and innovation. In addition to intellectual property attorneys in the Fort Worth community, the panel features representatives from the Texas regional office of the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office and the Texas A&M Intellectual Property Clinics.

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GEW-FW

This free event is part of Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW), a global movement occurring in hundreds of cities that reaches millions of people through events and activities. GEW hosts events in Fort Worth ​from November 14-22. For more information and other scheduled events, visit www.gewfortworth.com.

8-ip-graphic In the past three years, peer surveys conducted by U.S. News and World Report have ranked Texas A&M consistently among the top 10 intellectual property law programs in the United States. In addition to an intellectual property concentration for J.D. students, the program offers a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Intellectual Property degree for lawyers and a Master of Jurisprudence (M.Jur.) in Intellectual Property degree for non-lawyers.

Confirmed Participants

Moderator:

Speakers:

  • Joseph F. Cleveland, Jr., Esq., Brackett & Ellis, P.C.
  • Jeffrey Nickerson, Supervisory Patent Examiner, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
  • Enrique “Rick” Sanchez, Jr., Esq., Whitaker Chalk Swindle & Schwartz PLLC
  • Prof. Jeff W. Slattery, Director, Intellectual Property Clinics, Texas A&M University School of Law