STOPfakes Roadshow
Date & Time: October 24, 2023, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm PDT
Language: English
Location: In-person
Address: One World Trade Center - 121 SW Salmon St, Portland, OR 97204
Event Provider: International Trade Administration
Cost: $55 - Scholarships available for businesses in these zip codes: 97070, 97140, 97132, 97137, 97303, 97115. Click here to see if you qualify.
REGISTRATION: Click here to register for this class.
ABOUT THE EVENT: The STOPfakes Roadshow delivers critically important information about intellectual property to the audience that needs it most—start-ups, entrepreneurs, small and medium-sized businesses, independent creators, and inventors. The information is presented by experts from multiple government agencies that deal with intellectual property issues.
This all-day event includes presentations as well as one-on-one consultations with the various resources. Participants may also apply for Copyright and Trademark Recordation with CBP on-site.
Discussion Topics & Activities include:
Introduction to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Protecting your Patents and Trademarks in the United States - United States Patent and Trademark Office
Copyright and Your Business's Creative Works: How Copyright Impacts You - United States Copyright Office
CBP’s IPR Border Enforcement Regime - Intellectual Property Enforcement Branch, Regulations and Rulings, Office of Trade, CBP
Office of Standards and Intellectual Property, International Trade Administration: Supporting Exporters and the STOPfakes Program
Protecting your Business from Trade Secret Theft - The Insider Threat and the Current Foreign Threat - Economic Crimes Unit-Intellectual Property Rights Threat, FBI HQ: Criminal Investigative Division
Putting Your IP to Work: Tools for Enforcement of IP Rights and Protecting Your Innovation
One-on-One Consultations with visiting IP experts - 10 min sessions. Sign-up sheet available during morning registration and throughout the day.
On-Site Help with the Recordation Process - made available by CBP staff to navigate the recordation application portal and process. Trademark recordation is $190 per international class of goods, and copyrights are $190 per application; it takes about 40 minutes.
Questions? Contact Haisum.Shah@trade.gov, 503-326-3001