SPEAKER:The
November meeting is on "Licensing Your Invention" with
Dan Thomson from
Emerson Thomson Bennett,
LLC.
Like most inventors, you
dream of striking it rich finding a company you can
trust, hashing out a fair licensing deal, watching
your idea hit the marketplace and then raking in the
profits. But where do you find the right company? And
how do you draft an agreement that will protect your
interests? Our License Your Invention meeting will
provide the audience practical marketing advice with
basic legal licensing language you'll need to begin
your journey.
Step by step, Dan
Thomson will explain the key elements in a licensing
agreement, from advances and royalties to the length
of an agreement. Dan also explains complex concepts
such as warranties, indemnity and reservation of
rights all in plain English. Start learning how
to:
• Understand the licensing
process.
• Determine your ownership
rights.
• Work with agents
effectively.
• Find potential
licensors.
• Show your invention while
protecting your work.
• Negotiate a fair
licensing deal.
• Draft your own comprehensive
licensing agreement.
• Understand, review and
negotiate
changes.
SCHEDULE:[
6:00 - 6:30 pm ] Networking with coffee and
cookies.
[ 6:30 - 6:45 pm ]
Introduction by Craig Miloscia from the Akron
Inventors Club.
[ 6:45 - 7:30 pm ]
"Licensing Your Invention" with Dan Thomson from
Emerson Thomson Bennett, LLC.
UPCOMING: •
Score Business Talk
• 365 Days Of The
Provisional Patent
• Invention Is Not Your
Baby
• Manufactoring Processes
•
Budgeting For Your Invention
• Crowd
Funding
• How to Avoid Shady Business
People
• Invention Checklist and
Questionnaire
MEETINGS:
"Meetings
are generally held the 2nd Thursday of every month to
discuss topics related to inventors."
We
usually have a guest speaker from the world of
inventing or a related field. Meetings are 90 minutes
long from 6:00 to 7:30 PM. All meetings are held at
the Akron-Summit County Public Library 60 S
High St, Akron, Ohio 44308 in Meeting Room #3 on
the High Street Level across from the
Auditorium.
In collaboration with Science &
Technology Division of the
Akron-Summit County Public Library
and
Optic
Lingo.
