June 23, 2008
Last Friday, the USPTO along with the Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) held a joint seminar educating Maryland businesses with respect to intellectual property (IP) protection and the “growing threats of counterfeiting and piracy.” According to the USPTO announcement (link below), this seminar also “provid[ed] information on how businesses can protect and enforce their own intellectual property rights in the United States and overseas,” noting that inventors from Maryland obtained over 1,400 U.S. patents last year. According to Jon Dudas, the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO, “Because more and more American intellectual property owners compete in a global marketplace, we must make sure that they have sufficient knowledge and legal tools to protect themselves from international pirates and counterfeiters who are robbing billions of dollars from the U.S. economy.” This seminar is one in a series presented by the USPTO as part of the Strategy Targeting Organized Piracy (STOP!) as noted within the links below.
USPTO Announcement: LINK
USPTO Stop! Webpage: LINK
USPTO Announcement: LINK
USPTO Stop! Webpage: LINK
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