PATENTS, TRADEMARKS, COPYRIGHTS, AND TRADE SECRETS

Topic: Business Basics
Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, and Trade Secrets

How can you protect your invention, product, brand name, logo, or short story that you’ve created?

• This session will explore the four types of intellectual property, Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, and Trade Secrets, including definitions, costs, time frames, examples, and where to apply.
• Preliminary search techniques for patents and trademarks will be covered, also what legal, state, and USPTO resources are available.

The Oklahoma State University Library is a Patent and Trademark Resource Center (PTRC), designated by the United States Patent and Trademark Office as a resource for those who want information about IP.

Speaker(s): Suzanne Reinman – Library Professor, Government Information/Patent and Trademark Resource Center – Oklahoma State University

Co-Sponsor(s): USPTO

Fee: No Cost