This workshop has been postponed to fall 2024. For more information about the topic or new date, please reach out to Carolyn Strobel-Larsen, director, entrepreneurship and innovation.

Intellectual property protects “creations of the mind,” which of course are the basis for every step from fundamental advances in basic research to the end products of technology companies. Thus, understanding the value of intellectual property is key to working in technology-driven industries. Yet many scientists and engineers are never trained in intellectual property — what it is and how our legal system enables us to protect it. Indeed, many academics create intellectual property all the time without even realizing it!

In this workshop from the Office of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, members of Syracuse University College of Law’s Innovation Law Center will discuss the four most common forms of intellectual property protection that may apply to your academic research:

• Patents
• Trade secrets
• Copyrights
• Trademarks

For each form, they will discuss what the intellectual property is, what creations are eligible for protection, the process for obtaining protection, and the rights secured by protection. After the presentation, there will be ample time for answering your questions about what intellectual property means and how it may apply to your activities here at Colgate. We look forward to seeing you for this highly informative discussion. Lunch will be served.

Presenters:

Brian J. Gerling, J.D., Executive Director of College of Law’s Innovation Law Center and Professor at the College of Law, who brings nearly over decades of intellectual property and commercial litigation experience in private practice before joining the faculty, along with one or more senior law students.