Women’s Innovation Network: Protecting Your Brand
Women’s Innovation Network: Protecting Your Brand
Join us as Christine Gramer, senior licensing associate at the University of Oregon and co-lead of the Women's Innovation Network, and Shelby Stepper, associate at Klarquist, discuss how to protect your company's brand by using intellectual property protections. We'll discuss the fundamentals of patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets. We'll learn how each can be used to protect your company's brand. Attendees will have a chance to apply this learning to their own projects and entrepreneurial endeavors. About the Speakers: Christine Gramer, Senior Technology Development Associate, University of Oregon Christine Gramer is a senior technology development associate in the University of Oregon's Innovation Partnership Services (IPS). She holds a PhD in chemistry and is a registered patent agent. Christine has twenty years of experience in patent and intellectual property management. Her professional career has been primarily dedicated towards the commercialization of university innovations in the University of Oregon’s Innovation Partnership Services (IPS) where her primary interest is in the applications of fundamental science discoveries and their implementation for the betterment of society. In her role at IPS, Christine evaluates innovations, manages all steps of obtaining a patent (and perfecting other statutory IP rights), researches technical markets, negotiates licenses and other agreements, and […]
