Intellectual Property for Your Business – What Does This Really Mean?

Intellectual Property for Your Business

What Does This Really Mean?

When:  Tuesday, May 4th at 11:30 AM

Event Description:  

Join Burr & Forman Partner Ryan Corbett as he provides insights regarding patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets, and the importance they serve for your business. Ryan will also discuss several recent case examples and their significance, potential pitfalls to avoid, and key strategies to protect your IP portfolio.

Who Should Attend? 

Business owners, C-suite level executives, business managers, etc.

Key Takeaways:

• Understanding recent key cases and how they apply to your business;
• Common pitfalls to avoid in protecting your IP portfolio; and
• Strategies on securing and defending your IP rights.

Ryan M. Corbett Bio: 

Ryan practices in the firm’s Intellectual Property group where he focuses solely in patent litigation, patent prosecution, and trademark matters. He represents large public companies and small startups in obtaining patent protection from the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, defending patent infringement cases, and enforcing patent rights.

Ryan has represented clients in both patent litigation and patent prosecution matters across a variety of technologies such as: wireless communications, semiconductor devices, signal processing, design of digital and analog circuits, imaging and networking. He has represented clients in patent litigation in various federal district courts, the International Trade Commission, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and in post-grant proceedings before the Patent Trial & Appeal Board.

Experience

• Representing manufacturing client in defending patent infringement suit related to spot welding machinery used primarily in auto manufacturing plants.
• Represented large financial institution in defending patent infringement suit related to cash advance financial product, and successfully invalidated the asserted patent in a Covered Business Method Review proceeding at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office.
• Represented financial services client in enforcing patents related to payment systems against multiple defendants to reach favorable settlement.
• Represented manufacturer of GPS devices defending patent litigation suit related to providing GPS-based route guidance.