Independent and small-business inventors are invited to learn about challenges they may face as they create, develop, manufacture, market, and protect their innovations. Industry leaders, government officials, and successful inventors discuss the importance of intellectual property protection, how to make great ideas commercially viable, and how innovation and entrepreneurship can help lead nationwide economic recovery. Co-sponsored by the United States Patent and Trade Office.
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