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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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AGENDA
8:30 a.m. - Registration
9:00 - Welcome - Dean of Georgia Tech Library
9:10 - Overview of Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights and Trade Secrets *USPTO
9:45 - Video:Promoting Innovation: Today's USPTO
10:15 - Break
10:30 - Conducting a Patent Search Using the USPTO Website
11:30 - Lunch (on your own)
1:00 p.m. -PTDL Resources and Services at Georgia Tech Library, *PTDL Representative, Georgia Tech Library
1:15 - Speaker - Enterprise Innovation Institute, Georgia Tech
1:45 - Federal Trademarks: Insight on the USPTO, Examination Process and Conducting a Federal Trademark Search Using the USPTO Website
2:45 - Break
3:00 - Invention Promotion Firms: How to Ask the Right Questions
3:30 - Local Resources for Inventors
*Notable Inventors
*Patent Agent/Attorney (invited speakers, TBD)
*Small Business Development Center
4:30 - Adjournment
