Best Practices in IP Protection

众所周知，美国是科技与知识产权大国，而RTP 地区又是美国科技与知识产权以及相关人才的富集区。美国知识产权相关法律体系是如何运作的?怎样用美国知识产权法律体系保护自己及公司的相关权益？相信很多朋友希望有机会对此主题做更多的了解及讨论。本期NCCBA Luncheon 特地邀请到了Rimon 律师事务所合伙人Dr Letao Qin, 与大家分享IP (知识产权）的意义，价值，如何保护IP，如何正确进行IP相关法律操作等话题，欢迎大家积极报名参加！

NCCBA Luncheon this week:

Best practice in IP protection

By Dr Letao Qin

Topics:

What are the potential returns from investments in IP?

Where do IP assets derive value?

How to do it properly to maximize ROI in IP protection?

Qin 律师简介：

Dr Letao Qin,

Rimon 律师事务所合伙人

作为一名经验丰富的专利律师，Letao Qin 律师在IP 交易，专利以及商标的运营及收购等领域有多年执业经历。她曾为财富500强公司，大学，创业公司及发明者个人提供相关法律咨询服务。凭借扎实的技术背景，Qin 律师在高科技以及新兴技术（AI, 机器人，无人驾驶）等领域多有涉足，并提交了多份专利申请。

Qin 律师是美国知识产权律师协会（AIPLA）会员，并担任其中国委员会的共同主席。

在加入Rimon 律师事务所之前， Qin 律师曾在两家知识产权律师事务所工作七年。更早时她曾在IBM及NORTEL 担任工程师。

Qin 律师在中国科技大学物理系获得理学学士学位，在Boston College 法学院获得JD学位。

Letao Qin

Partner, Rimon Law firm

Letao Qin has extensive experience as a patent attorney. Focusing her practice in all aspects of IP transaction, patent and trademark prosecution and procurement, Dr. Qin has advised Fortune 500 companies, universities, start-ups, and individual inventors to identify, capture, and protect innovations. Her practices include IP counseling, due diligence and clearance for business transactions that involve high-tech and emerging technologies such as AI, robotics, and autonomous driving vehicles. Dr. Qin also specializes in patent and trademark procurement and proceedings at the patent and trademark appeal boards. She has drafted PCT and US utility patent applications in the technical areas of emerging technologies, electrical and telecommunication technologies, computer software, medical devices and optical instruments.

Dr. Qin is a member of American IP Law Association (AIPLA) and co-chairs its IP Practice in China Committee, where she leads the committee’s various projects of legislation and commentary, IP law harmonization and delegation visits.

Prior to joining Rimon, Dr. Qin worked for more than seven years at two IP boutique law firms as an associate. She also did a stint at an early-stage energy start-up company as an in- house IP attorney. Before joining the legal profession, Dr. Qin worked at two leading engineering companies — IBM and Nortel Networks — as a computer engineer.

Dr. Qin holds a doctorate in astrophysics and studied under Dr. Tsuruta, who was one of the very few female astrophysicists in the 1950s and after whom a neutron star was named. In graduate school at Montana State University, Dr. Qin was involved in the astrophysics research group and received her doctoral degree after her pioneer work studying effects of strong magnetic fields on neutron star thermal evolution. She attended the extremely competitive University of Science and Technology of China, after ranking second in the Hunan province on the National College Entrance Exam. She received her B.S. in physics from the University of Science and Technology of China and her J.D. from Boston College Law School, cum laude. She is registered in Massachusetts and with the USPTO.

When: 9/13/2019 (Friday) 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Where: 2 Davis Dr. Durham, NC 27709 (Hutchinson Conference Room, First Flight Venture Center)
Members: Free (free attend with pizza and water).
Non-members: $5 ($5 to cover “Non-Member Paid Ticket” and lunch of pizza and water).
Registration: Online Registration. Obtain ticket by clicking the Add to cart button to order a “Member-Only Ticket Free” or “Non-Member Paid Ticket $5” through our shopping cart on the event page.
Website Link: https://www.nc-cba.org/event/best-practices-in-ip-protection/ ‎
Language: English