- Bruce Hamby
- Attorney with the Hamby Law Firm
- The Hamby Law Firm focuses on patents, intellectual property, trademarks and business law
- Has been an attorney in the Houston region for over 15 years
- Own your Brand
- One of first things to consider when bringing a product to market
- What is the difference between a trademark and a copyright?
- Register trademarks in U.S. and Internationally
- Name is important as tt denotes source and ensures that your name is legitimate and authentic
- Don’t just protect your brand, protect your ideas
- United States Patent and Trademark Offices (USPTO)
- International filings
- Own your Technology
- Patents
- Establish ownership
- Making sure it’s a quality patent to give you the most protection
- Open Source? Licensing
- Owning Your Tech in Other Countries
- China and your intellectual property
- Establish Freedom to Operate
- Crucial step that shouldn’t be overlooked - listen to the reasons why
- Reading/evaluating patents
- How to conduct IP searches and evaluate if you infringe on a patent
- Should you even look at other patents?
- Is it illegal to try to patent something that you know is not original?
Meet with Bruce Hamby next week at the MacroFab Hardware Meetup!