STOPfakes Roadshow - San Jose, CA

09/10/2024 (9:00 AM)
10/12/2024 (5:00 PM)
(GMT-07:00) Pacific Time (US and Canada)
26 South Fourth Street

About

Date: 9:00am - 4:00pm PDT on Tuesday, September 10, 2024 

Venue (in-person only):
 USPTO Silicon Valley Regional Office, 26 S. Fourth Street, San Jose, CA 

Cost: 
$0 or $50
  • Register Early! The first 50, California-based, for-profit, small businesses to register will receive complimentary admittance limited to one comp ticket per company. Please check this link to verify small business size thresholds.  Complimentary registrations are sponsored by GO-BizRegister by Thursday, September 5 at 3pm Pacific.
  • For small businesses after the first 50, as well as medium/large businesses, and companies outside CA, the registration fee is $50.
  • All registrations include continental breakfast and lunch, as well as 1:1 meetings with speakers and additional agencies.
  • Pre-registration is required for this in-person program.  Walk-in registration is not available.

Overview:
The STOPfakes.gov Roadshow delivers critically important information about intellectual property to the audience that needs it most—startups, entrepreneurs, small and medium-sized businesses, independent creators, and inventors. The information is presented by experts who deal with intellectual property issues, including from multiple government agencies (International Trade Administration, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, White House, U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and FBI). 

Topics: Participants will learn information vital to competing in an increasingly global environment:

  • How to identify and protect your company’s various intellectual property assets (trademarks, patents, copyrights, and trade secrets)
  • Mechanisms for obtaining IP protection in overseas markets and strategies for determining where to seek protection
  • How to combat counterfeits on international e-commerce sites
  • U.S. government resources available to help U.S. businesses with intellectual property issues
  • Live, in-person, step-by-step trademark recordation with U.S. Customs & Border Protection personnel (please bring a laptop)
Meetings: One-on-one meetings will be available with:

  • U.S. Department of Commerce - International Trade Administration
  • FBI
  • U.S. Customs & Border Protection
  • U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
  • U.S. Copyright Office
  • EXIM Bank of the U.S.
  • U.S. Department of Commerce - Bureau of Industry & Security
  • State of California - GO-Biz International Programs

TENTATIVE AGENDA (Pacific time)

9:00-9:15 am

Registration and One-on-One sign-up

 

Sign-up sheet for one-on-ones available throughout the day
 

9:15-9:30 am

Welcome and Opening Remarks
 

Joanne Vliet - Director, U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration, Silicon Valley Office

Michelle Sara King - Intellectual Property Team Lead & Senior International Trade Specialist, Office of Standards and Intellectual Property, U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration 

9:30-10:15am

Introduction to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Regional Office and a focus on Patents in the U.S. 

Stephen Koziol - Managing Regional Assistant Director, Silicon Valley Regional Office, United States Patent and Trademark Office 

10:15-10:30am

Break


10:30-11:00am

Copyright and Your Business's Creative Works:  How Copyright Impacts You 

George Thuronyi - Deputy Director, Office of Public Information and Education, United States Copyright Office

11:00am-11:45am

USPTO Presentation: Focus on Trademarks 

Jason Lott - Managing Attorney for Trademarks Customer Outreach, United States Patent and Trademark Office 

11:45am-12:45pm

Lunch (provided) and One-on-Ones (10 min sessions) 

12:45 - 1:00pm

An Introduction to IP Coordination 

Summer Kostelnik, Policy Advisor, White House Office of the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator (IPEC) 

1:00-1:45pm

CBP’s IPR Border Enforcement Regime

Suzanne Schultz, Attorney-Advisor, Intellectual Property Enforcement Branch, Regulations and Rulings, U.S. Customs and Border Protection

1:45-2:15pm

FBI: Combating Economic Espionage and Trade Secret Theft


Lester Kwok
, Special Agent, San Francisco FBI

Michael Roldan
, Supervisory Special Agent, San Francisco FBI

2:15-2:30pm

Sponsor: Soody Tronson, Attorney at Law, STLG Law Firm, Managing Counsel

 

(note: these remarks are independent of the U.S. government and do not necessarily reflect the views, opinions, or perspectives of the U.S. government)

2:30-2:55pm

ITA: Supporting Exporters and the STOPfakes Program

Michelle Sara King - Intellectual Property Team Lead & Senior International Trade Specialist, Office of Standards and Intellectual Property, U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration 

2:55-3:00pm

Closing Remarks

Joanne Vliet - Director, U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration, Silicon Valley Office 

3:00-4:00pm

One-on-One Consultations (cont’d) 

3:00-4:00pm

OPTIONAL: Get On-Site Help with the Recordation Process (40 minutes)

On-site assistance is made available by CBP staff to navigate the recordation application portal and process. Trademark recordation is $190 per international class of goods, and copyrights are $190 per application; it takes about 40 minutes. Sign-up sheet available during morning registration and throughout the day. 



For questions about this event, please email Joanne Vliet (joanne.vliet@trade.gov) or Cindy Ma (cindy.ma@trade.gov).

Thank you to our Supporting Organizations:


Thank you to our Sponsors:

   

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