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The first meeting of 2001 for the Entrepreneurs' Network
features a panel of three legal experts who have extensive experience in high
technology. This year the panel also features the President of the Microwave
Processing Division of Communications and Power Industries (CPI) who will
discuss how his company balances both patent and trade secret protection.
The goal of the January 2nd meeting is to make sure entrepreneurs
understand a few of the most basic legal issues that are inevitably raised in
the business world. There will also be a question and answer session after the
panel discussion moderated by IEEE Entrepreneurs' Network Chairman Kirk Teska,
a patent attorney and partner of the Waltham intellectual property law firm of
Iandiorio & Teska. Contact Kirk at (617) 890-5678 for further
information.
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Lora Teska , Chief Intellectual Property
Counsel at PerkinElmer, Inc |
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Paul Hayes , Senior Partner and Senior
Litigator at Weingarten, Schurgin, Gagnebin and Hayes, LLP |
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Larry Gennari ,
partner at Gadsby Hanna,
LLP |
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Don Coleman,
President of the Microwave
Processing Division of CPI |
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| Speakers' Profiles: |
| Lora Teska is Chief Intellectual Property Counsel at PerkinElmer,
Inc. Ms. Teska has 10 years experience as an in-house corporate attorney for
various high technology companies. Lora will discuss patent, copyright, and
trademark law, the costs involved, and PerkinElmer's strategy and
decision-making process when seeking intellectual property protection.
Investors and marketing experts agree that intellectual property protection is
often one of the most important aspects of a business. Don't miss this
opportunity to learn from an in-house attorney of a very successful
Massachusetts Corporation. |
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| Paul Hayes is a Senior Partner and Senior Litigator at Weingarten,
Schurgin, Gagnebin and Hayes, LLP. Over the past twenty years he has been
exclusively engaged in intellectual property litigation in areas of patent,
trademark and copyright infringement and trade secret misappropriation. During
this time, Mr. Hayes has successfully tried numerous patent cases in federal
courts throughout this country and in various arbitration tribunals in this
country and in Europe. Mr. Hayes will discuss the various aspects of
intellectual property litigation, the costs associated with such actions, and a
few war stories of patent litigation. |
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| Larry Gennari is a partner at Gadsby Hanna, LLP. His experience as a
corporate attorney includes securities, mergers and acquisitions. Larry will
discuss security law, incorporation, and tax strategies - key considerations in
any start up company. |
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| Don Coleman is the President of the Microwave Processing Division of
CPI, a company which relies heavily on trade secrets. Don will discuss the
importance of trade secret protection and why patent protection is not always
the best solution to protect an invention. |
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Kirk Teska is a partner at the Waltham, Massachusetts Intellectual
Property Law Firm of Iandiorio & Teska. Mr. Teska is a member of the Bars
of Massachusetts, New Hampshire and the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. Mr.
Teska has a Bachelor Degree in Mechanical Engineering, a Master Degree in
System Management and a Juris Doctorate.
Mr. Teska is an adjunct
Professor of Law at Franklin Pierce Law Center, ranked No. 1 in Intellectual
Property Law for the past three years by U.S. News and World Report. Mr. Teska
also writes a monthly column for Mass High Tech, entitled "Patent Watch", which
reports on the patents issued each month to New England inventors.
Iandiorio and Teska, a specialty Intellectual Property Law firm, was founded in
1967. Their practice of law includes licensing, litigation and counseling
related to intellectual property assets such as Patents, Trademarks and Service
Marks, Copyrights, Trade Secrets and employment, consultant, confidential
disclosure and non-competition agreements. The firm's attorneys have science or
engineering degrees as well as law degrees and a wide array of business and
legal experience. All attorneys have worked in industry and/or the United
States Patent and Trademark Office before going into practice and every member
of the firm volunteers a portion of their time to many small business and
entrepreneurial associations in New England. The firm represents clients who
are just beginning a business venture as well as publicly traded companies.
Visit their website at: www.iandiorio.com.. |
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| For more
information, email or call: |
| Larry Grumer at 617-325-9852 |
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