STOPfakes.gov Roadshow – Intellectual Property Rights Seminar

This seminar 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.
Participants will learn:
– how to identify and protect the various intellectual
property assets they have;
– the mechanisms for obtaining IP protection in
overseas markets and strategies for determining where they should seek
protection;
– how to record their mark with Customs, with on-site help, in
order to exclude counterfeit goods from entering the United States; how
to combat counterfeits on international e-commerce sites;
– and about government resources available to help U S business with intellectual property issues. In short, participants will learn information vital to competing in an increasingly global environment.

Participants have the opportunity to meet with the speakers and experts for 10-minute sessions to discuss an IP issue they have.

Apply for Copyright and Trademark Recordation On-Site
On site assistance is available by CBP staff to navigate the recordation application portal and process.

Apply for Copyright Registration On-Site
Copyright Office staff will be on-site to help you with the application required to register your work online.