This presentation gives the participants the information they need to confidently identify and distinguish a patent issue from a copyright, a trade secret from a trademark and much more. It enables participants to understand the scope and limits of each form of intellectual property protection and the time and cost involved to obtain them. Further, it provides participants with a strategy for them to share with their firms to use to help their clients protect their intellectual property from start to finish.
 
John Nevin Shaffer, Jr. earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1970, and a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Houston at Clear Lake City in 1976. He received his Juris Doctor degree from St. Mary's University and was admitted to the Texas and U.S. Patent Bars in 1980. He was admitted to the Florida Bar in 2002 and is a Florida Bar Board Certified Intellectual Property Law specialist. He was admitted to the Alabama Bar in 2009 and is a member of Mobile Bar Association with an office Mobile, Alabama.
 

As a registered patent attorney, Nevin may practice patent law in all fifty states. Nevin is licensed to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the Texas and Florida Supreme Courts, and all lesser Texas and Florida courts. He has published articles and written a book, Protect Your Great Ideas for Free!, on intellectual property law and is a professional speaker. He regularly conducts lectures and seminars on the subject at local universities, businesses and professional associations. Nevin has prosecuted applications for a variety of electrical and mechanical devices, including computer software applications, semi-conductor devices, and sophisticated measuring devices. He has also successfully litigated patent, trademark, and copyright infringement actions, including presenting the winning oral argument at the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in a patent infringement case.
 

Nevin is AV rated and a member of the Texas and Florida Bar Associations and the Escambia Santa Rosa County Bar Association. He is a past president of the Austin Intellectual Property Law Association. Nevin is a Vietnam veteran and spent six years in the Navy as an engineering officer and instructor. His last sea duty was as engineering and executive officer of a patrol gunboat. He is a retired Commander in the U.S. Navy.

 

Forget Legal Zoom: What you really need to know about patent prosecution. Where it starts, what is actually required, what are the different types of patents and what do they cover, what is the important part of a utility patent, what are good claims and what are bad claims, and what are your chances of getting a patent.  These and other delicious details will be provided in this comprehensive over view of the patent prosecution process!
 
John Nevin Shaffer, Jr. earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1970, and a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Houston at Clear Lake City in 1976. He received his Juris Doctor degree from St. Mary's University and was admitted to the Texas and U.S. Patent Bars in 1980. He was admitted to the Florida Bar in 2002 and is a Florida Bar Board Certified Intellectual Property Law specialist. He was admitted to the Alabama Bar in 2009 and is a member of Mobile Bar Association with an office Mobile, Alabama.
 

As a registered patent attorney, Nevin may practice patent law in all fifty states. Nevin is licensed to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the Texas and Florida Supreme Courts, and all lesser Texas and Florida courts. He has published articles and written a book, Protect Your Great Ideas for Free!, on intellectual property law and is a professional speaker. He regularly conducts lectures and seminars on the subject at local universities, businesses and professional associations. Nevin has prosecuted applications for a variety of electrical and mechanical devices, including computer software applications, semi-conductor devices, and sophisticated measuring devices. He has also successfully litigated patent, trademark, and copyright infringement actions, including presenting the winning oral argument at the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in a patent infringement case.
 

Nevin is AV rated and a member of the Texas and Florida Bar Associations and the Escambia Santa Rosa County Bar Association. He is a past president of the Austin Intellectual Property Law Association. Nevin is a Vietnam veteran and spent six years in the Navy as an engineering officer and instructor. His last sea duty was as engineering and executive officer of a patrol gunboat. He is a retired Commander in the U.S. Navy.