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If you want to see how your intellectual property (IP) knowledge stacks up, you can check out a new web-based IP Awareness Assessment Tool recently unveiled by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP). It is designed to help manufacturers, small businesses, entrepreneurs, and independent inventors easily assess their IP knowledge.
According to a USPTO statement, many individuals are often unaware of their rights and miss the opportunities they can provide. Therefore, the assessment tool was created as a way to help educate innovators about these rights. Users answer a comprehensive set of questions regarding IP, after which the tool provides a set of training resources tailored to specifically identified needs.
“This Administration is committed to supporting innovative business tools, which help drive U.S. technological leadership worldwide and support a 21st century economy that is built to last,” said Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO, David Kappos. “The IP Awareness Assessment Tool will help entrepreneurs turn their ideas into reality and bring them to market faster, thereby creating jobs more quickly, too.”
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Jeffrey G. Sheldon
Jeffrey G. Sheldon is the founding partner of Sheldon Mak & Anderson, a leading West Coast Intellectual Property law firm with main offices in Pasadena, California. Mr. Sheldon is a summa cum laude graduate of Loyola Law School. He has a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Chemical Engineering from the Carnegie Institute of Technology, and a Master’s of Science Degree in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland. His studies in Scotland resulted from receiving the prestigious Marshall Scholarship from the United Kingdom government. Mr. Sheldon has been litigating intellectual property issues and prosecuting patent, trademark, and copyright applications since 1975.
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“This Administration is committed to supporting innovative business tools, which help drive U.S. technological leadership worldwide and support a 21st century economy that is built to last,” said Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO, David Kappos. “The IP Awareness Assessment Tool will help entrepreneurs turn their ideas into reality and bring them to market faster, thereby creating jobs more quickly, too.”
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Jeffrey G. Sheldon
Jeffrey G. Sheldon is the founding partner of Sheldon Mak & Anderson, a leading West Coast Intellectual Property law firm with main offices in Pasadena, California. Mr. Sheldon is a summa cum laude graduate of Loyola Law School. He has a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Chemical Engineering from the Carnegie Institute of Technology, and a Master’s of Science Degree in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland. His studies in Scotland resulted from receiving the prestigious Marshall Scholarship from the United Kingdom government. Mr. Sheldon has been litigating intellectual property issues and prosecuting patent, trademark, and copyright applications since 1975.
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Disclaimer: While every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this publication, it is not intended to provide legal advice as individual situations will differ and should be discussed with an expert and/or lawyer. For specific technical or legal advice on the information provided and related topics, please contact the author.
