Trademark and Copyright Workshop
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Wednesday, November 29, 2006, 12:00 to 1:00 PM, Campus Center - Morgan Room, Free pizza and beverage.
Attorney Jodi-Ann McLane, '89, will enlighten the audience with knowledge of trademarks and copyrights during this workshop. A trademark is a special way for a business to help people to know the things the business makes. A copyright is a law that gives the creator of a document, musical piece, book, etc. the right to their creation and the control of its distribution. This protects creators' ability to sell their work. Once copyrighted, a work can only be copied with the creator's permission. Some believe that copyright laws encourage the formation of new ideas by securing the creator's reward for their work and time. Others believe that ideas and inventions evolve and that copyright law stifles progress. (Wikipedia) Join a lively presentation and debate on the principles of these laws.
Jodi-Ann McLane
About the speaker
Jodi-Ann McLane is a Partner at Bowditch & Dewey, LLP. Her practice areas include domestic and foreign patent; trademark and copyright prosecution, with particular emphasis on mechanical; and electro-mechanical products and processes, especially medical devices. Ms. McLane has a technical background in mechanical and biomedical engineering, and has obtained patents for large and small clients in a wide range of industries.
Education
Worcester Polytechnic Institute (B.S., with distinction, 1989);
University of Connecticut (J.D., with honors, 1993).
Professional and Community Activities:
Ms. McLane is a member of the Connecticut Bar, the Massachusetts Bar, the Rhode Island Bar, the American Intellectual Property Law Association, and has been admitted to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office since 1992.
Background:
Prior to joining the firm, Ms. McLane worked as a Senior Intellectual Property Associate at Salter & Michaelson where she represented large and medium sized domestic companies as well as start-up companies and individual inventors and has also worked as a Patent Attorney at Wolf, Greenfield and Sacks. Ms. McLane has also been an in-house Patent Attorney for the United States Surgical Corporation and United Technologies Corporation, where she was involved in the preparation and prosecution of patent applications, assisted in litigation and product clearance, licensing, and client counseling for the medical and aero-space industry, respectively.
Phone: +1-508-926-3456
Email: jmclane@Bowditch.com
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