Live Webinar - Protect Your Ideas: IP Basics for Small Business Owners

Your business name, logo, products, content, and ideas may be some of your most valuable assets. In this live webinar, the USPTO will explain the basics of intellectual property and how small business owners can use it to protect their work and support business growth.

Highlights:

• Understand the four main types of intellectual property
• Learn when patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets may apply
• Explore USPTO resources available to small business owners

This live webinar is intended for small business owners and entrepreneurs who want to learn the basics of intellectual property and how to take practical steps to protect their business ideas.

Speakers:

      Reynaldo Vasquez, Regional Outreach Officer, USPTO Southwest Regional Outreach Office

      Yusuf Kadar, Law Intern, USPTO Southwest Regional Outreach Office

      Kirsten S. Kerksiek, Law Intern, USPTO Southwest Regional Outreach Office

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Reynaldo Vasquez brings experience in small business support, veterans business development, international trade, and entrepreneurship. He also has a background in federal service and continues to serve in the U.S. Army National Guard.

Yusuf Kadar is a Southwest Office Law Intern with the USPTO Office of Public Engagement, where he supports outreach and stakeholder engagement across the region. He is a rising third year J.D. student at SMU Dedman School of Law with experience in intellectual property coursework, legal research, and government work.

Kirsten Kerksiek is a Southwest Office Law Intern with the USPTO Office of Public Engagement, supporting outreach and stakeholder engagement across the Southwest Region. A rising second-year law student at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law with a B.S. in Bioinformatics from Brigham Young University, she is pursuing a career focused on intellectual property, innovation, and public service.

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