1. IF YOU’RE NOT THE LEADER THE SCENERY DOESN’T CHANGE MUCH

2. Start Ups Radecca- Electrum- Technical Minerals- CETCO Enviroderm Silicate Technology Corporation Nanocor Naturalnano Inc. Protex Defense Products LLC National Nanomaterials Inc.

3. Intellectual Property History Types of Intellectual Property How do different types of IP work and for what purpose Patents Trade Secrets Copyright and Trademarks

4. History Greece in 500 BC 1400’s Italy and England ( statute of Monopolies) United States 1790 and France 1791

5. Types of IP Patents Trade Secrets Copyright Trademark

6. Patents What is patentable? What types of Patents are there? How are Patents Applied for? How are Patents Structured? How are Patents Enforced? How can Patents be Invalidated?

7. What is Patentable? Novel Useful Nonobvious

8. What Types of Patents are there? Utility(90%) Mechanical Process Manufacture Composition of Matter Design Plant

9. How are Patents Applied for? Provisional Application for Patent

10. How are Patents Structured? Preamble Body or Specifications Claims

11. How are Patents Enforced? Responsibility of the Patent Holder or Licensee Notification of infringer File Infringement in Federal Court

12. How Can a Patent be Invalidated? Inventership Interference Prior Art Obviousness

13. Trade Secrets Properly Secured Need to Know Basis

14. Copyright Printed Material Graphics Software Music

15. Trademark Nondescriptive Federally registered