Upcoming Event

[Holly (Innovators Network)]

Hi. I thought some of you might be interested in this upcoming event!

Holly

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Turning Your Innovations Into a Successful Business- free luncheon
seminar

You're invited to join the Innovators Network, in conjunction with
the Wilsonville, Greater Hillsboro, Beaverton, and Sherwood Chambers of
Commerce, for a free lunch seminar on how entrepreneurial companies can
develop effective strategies for leveraging their intellectual assets.

"Turning Your Innovations Into a Successful Business: Attracting
Venture Capital and Business Partners While Protecting Your
Innovations" will feature presentations by:

Andre Carter, Author and President of Irimi Corporation - a management
consulting firm for start-up information technology companies. He is
the author of a forthcoming book on IP strate­gies for small firms in
the IT sector to be published by Managing Intellectual Property
Magazine.

John Stevason, Lane-Powell, LLC - an attorney specializing in IP and
internet law, advising clients on the registration and enforcement of
trademarks and copyrights, patent protection and disputes, and trade
secret protection, in the United States and overseas.

Mike Sax, Sax.net - leads the strategic direction and operational
execution of Sax.net, a leading provider of communications tools and
components for Fortune 1000 companies. Mike is also founder and
chairman of the board of directors of the Association for Competitive
Technology (ACT), a Washington based information technology trade
association that works to preserve the freedom to achieve, compete and
innovate in the software industry.

You Need More than A Better Mousetrap

In today's information technology industry, success is never guaranteed
by simply building a better mousetrap. As an IT entrepreneur, you also
need a business strategy to attract the venture capital and the
business partners you need to take your company to the next level. At
the heart of any successful plan should be an intellectual property
strategy that protects your innovations from larger competitors and
provides flexibility to your business model.

INFORMATION:

Free Event / Lunch Served
Tuesday, May 2nd, 2006
12:00 PM to 1:30 PM

The Kingstad Center
15450 SW Millikan Way
Beaverton, OR 97006

RSVP to hshu...@actonline.org or online at www.innovators-network.org