The Office of IP Development and Commercialization is conducting a series of workshops designed to educate faculty, staff, and students on different facets of Intellectual Property. These workshops feature professional keynote speakers that specialize in the topic of discussion. Please check back to this page periodically for future workshops.

Date	Key-note speaker/s	Topic/s	Materials
April 2008	Griff Griffin, Partner Sutherland, Asbill, & Brennan, Kar Yee Tse, Associate Sutherland Asbill & Brennan Chun “Chuck” Zhang, Deputy Director, HPMI Frank Allen Director of Operations, HPMI Jack Sams, IP Licensing Director Office of IP Development and Commercialization	Patents Demystified Do you often wonder what it takes to get a patent covering an idea or invention? When, Why, and How does one seek a patent? Do you know how to get help when you think you have a new and valuable idea? Learn what is protected, criteria for protection, how to obtain protection, the duration of protection and much more.	Handouts: Agenda Guest Bio Resources Presentations Griffin/Tse – Patents Demystified Sams - FSU Patent Policy Zhang/Allen - HPMI - Past, Present and Future
November 2007	Jack Sullivan, President Florida Research Consortium Susan Mazer, PresidentHealing HealthCare Systems, Inc Jack Sams, IP Licensing Director Office of IP Development and Commercialization	Building the Product Staircase So you have an invention and you are wondering when to expect a royalty. What steps do you have to climb to be considered to having a marketable product or service? What commercialization grant resources are available to you at the university and statewide levels to assist you to ascend the product staircase?	Handouts: Agenda Guest Bio Mazer - Ten Most Important Lessons We Learned Presentations:Innovation Programs: “What’s in it for Dr. E. Rudite?” From Research To Revenue
April 2007	William J. Rossi, Associate Director, Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation	Business Basics for the Entrepreneur This is an encore presentation of the workshop we had last year. Have you ever wanted to build a business or consulting practice around your research or expertise? But, you really don’t know the first thing about business because your degrees are in anything but business?	Handouts: Agenda Guest Bio Presentations:The Market and Marketing Accounting, Finance and Financial Modeling The Management Team and Management
March 2007	John Fraser, Executive Director FSU Office of IP Development and Commercialization	AUTM Presentation - Taltech John Fraser, President of the Association of University Technology Managers(AUTM), discussed innovations that have come out of university research from across the US and what is involved in the technology transfer process.	Handouts:: None Presentations: Fraser Taltech - University Research
November 2006 (FSU)	Dennis Clarke, Esq. Miles & Stockbridge Jack Sams Office of IP Development and Commercialization Julianna Baggott, M.F.A. FSU Department of English Janet Dilling, M.P.A. FSU Center for Disaster Risk Policy	Instant IP: The Value of Copyrights Have you ever been contacted by a publisher and didn’t know what you should and should not submit? Ever lost the rights to continue to use your creative results because you signed them away in a work for hire contract? Ever wondered why you are seeing copyright infringement suits more and more in the news? See pictures from the workshop	Handouts: Agenda Guest Bios Presentations: . IP Overview - Clarke FSU IP Policy - Sams Case Study: - Dilling
March 2006 (FSU)	William J. Rossi, Associate Director, Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation	Business Basics for the Entrepreneurial Faculty Member Have you ever wanted to build a business or consulting practice around your research or expertise? But, you really don’t know the first thing about business because your degrees are in anything but business?	Handouts: Agenda Guest Bios Presentations: The Management Team and Management - Rossi Accounting, Finance and Financial Modeling - Rossi Markets and Marketing - Rossi
November 2005 (FSU)	Presenters/participants: Henry Estevez, Esq. Allen Dyer Doppelt Milbrath & Gilchrist Jack Sams Office of IP Development & Commercialization, FSU Betty Southard, Esq. Office of the Vice President for Research, FSU Joseph B. Schlenoff FSU Department of Chemistry & CEO of nanoStrata, Inc.	" Private Deals and the Public Interest" Faculty members and FSU staff are often encouraged to provide outside consultation in their areas of expertise, and may be invited to participate in outside business ventures Just what exactly does this entail? What should faculty know and consider when consulting with, or participating in private businesses while they retain their University appointments?	Handouts: Agenda Guest Bios Presentations: IP Overview - Estevez FSU IP Policy - Sams Case Studies - Sams
August 2005 (FSU)	John Fraser, Director Office of IP Development and Commercialization, FSU	CRC Grant Writing Workshop	Power Point Presentations
May 2005 (Orlando)	Various: Dr. Teng Ma Dr. Xiwen Liu Dr. Washington Mio Dr. Ryan Rodgers	The Second Annual Florida Tech Transfer Conference Focus: Defense, Security, Biomedicine, Medical Devices, and Communications	For more information click here
April 2005 (FSU)	Presenters: Rob McNeeley, Attorney for McNeeley Law Firm Steve Roden, CEO Learnsomething.com Jack Sams Senior Licensing Manager, Technology Transfer, FSU Kurt Moore, MA Director, Corporate Research and Development, FSU	IP in the Workplace: What Students Should Know Before Taking That First Job Graduation is just around the corner and you are ready to join the workforce. You have just received your first job offer and have been asked to sign a non-compete agreement-what's that? Or, you have been contracted to develop a brochure - who owns the images in the finished product? Or, you have an internship that is related to your graduate thesis, but the company wants you to sign a nondisclosure agreement - should you be concerned?	Handouts: Agenda Speaker IP Resources Presentations: Intro to IP - Rob McNeeley FSU IP Policy and Practice - Jack Sams Panel Discussions - Steve Roden
October 2004 (FSU)	Presenters: Griff Griffin, Attorney for Sutherland, Asbill, and Brennan, LLP Kevin King, Attorney for Sutherland, Asbill, and Brennan, LLP Jack Sams, Senior Licensing Manager, Technology Transfer, FSU Kurt Moore, Director, Corporate Research and Development, FSU Faculty Panel Dr. C. J. Chen, Dean, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering Jhunu Chatterjee, Professor, Chemical Engineering Wei Chen Chin Chemical Engineering Soonjo Kwon, Chemical Engineering	Patents Demystified Ever wonder what it takes to get an idea or invention developed into a patented product? When, why, and how does one seek a patent? Do you know how to get help when you think you have a new and valuable idea? Come and find out the answers to these questions and more at the Fall 2004 Patent Workshop hosted by the FSU Tech Transfer/Corporate R&D program.	Handouts: Agenda Guest Bios Intellectual Property resource sheet Presentations: FSU IP Policy - Jack Sams "Patents Demystified" - Giff Griffin and Kevin King
May 2004 (St. Petersburg)	Various Dr. Joseph Schlenoff Dr. Y.H. Hsieh Dr. Debra Ann Fadool Dr. Qing-Xiang Sang Dr. Bryant Chase Dr. Olivier Marietta-Tondin Dr. Ching-Jen Chen Dr. Michael H. Peters	The First Annual Florida Tech Transfer Conference Biotechnology, infotechnology, nanotechnology	For more information click here
March 2004	Presenters: W. Horton - Attorney for Pennington Moore firm Jack Sams - Senior Licensing manager, Technology Transfer, Florida State University Dr. Cecil Greek - Criminology professor Dr. John Flynn -ODDL Blackboard instructor	So you want to develop a course website? Spring Copyright© and Trademark™ Workshop Click here for more information	Handouts Talking Points Agenda Presentations W. Horton, - Copyright Basics Jack Sams - Copyright policy at FSU Dr. Cecil Greek and Dr. John Flynn - Fair Use in an Online Course: A Case Study
October 2003	Presenters Bill Needle Attorney for Needle & Rosenberg Don Showalter, Esq. Attorney for Holland & Knight Jack Sams, MS Senior Licensing manager, Technology Transfer, Florida State University Kurt Moore, MA Director, Corporate Research and Development, Florida State University Morning Panel Michael Davidson, Ph. D. Director, Optical Microscopy Division, National High Magnetic Field Lab Mimi Graham, Ph.D. Director, Center for Early Prevention and Early Intervention Policy Sam Spiegel, Ph.D. Director, Research and Development, i4Learning Afternoon Panel Conrad Gleber, MFA Associate Professor, School of Visual Arts and Dance, Deprtment of Art Timothy Glenn,MFA Associate Professor, School of Visual Arts and Dance, Department of Dance	There will be a morning session and an afternoon session, each with a round table featuring several faculty members and the outside attorneys. Click the article for more information. View the pictures	FSU Trademark Seminar DSS PP-Copyright Law Basics Copyright Policy at FSU   Guest Bios
March 2003	Bill Needle, Esq. Patent Attorney for Needle & Rosenberg	Fundamentals of Patent and Copyright Law	Power Point Presentation (3 MB)
October 2002	John Fraser, Director of FSU Technology Transfer Office	Commercializing University Research	Power Point Presentation (65 KB)
October 27, 2002	John Fraser, Director FSU Technology Transfer Office David Day, Director UF Technology Transfer Allen Krantz, Director USF Technology Transfer Paul Waugaman, Principal Technology Commercialization Group, LLC	Technology Transfer Basics: A Workshop for Research Administrators	Power Point Presentation (268 KB)
October 17, 2002	John Fraser, Director of FSU Technology Transfer Office	University research impacting the economy: Has anything of commercial value come from a campus?	Power Point Presentation (52 KB)
September 30, 2002 1:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.	Presenters: -John Fraser, Director -Jack Sams, Senior Licensing Mgr. FSU Technology Transfer -Kurt Moore, Director Corporate Relations Corporate Panel: - Kurt Moore (moderator) - Edward A. Addy, Ph.D Program Manager at Northrop Grumman Information Technology -William M. "Bill" Steves, P.E. Senior Project Manager at Reynolds, Smith and Hills, Inc. - John Fraser Director at FSU Technology Transfer - Steven Schmid, Ph.D VP for Biology at Taxolog, Inc.	Research Week Presentation - Technology Transfer and Corporate Relations Topics: What We Can Do For You Your Informed Help is Critical Corporate Panel Venture Development	TT Agenda (20KB)   Power Point Presentation (336KB)
April 2002	John Fraser, Director of FSU Technology Transfer Office	University TechTransfer: Who Does It Serve? Who Owns IP? A University Perspective.	Power Point Presentation (57 KB)
March 2002	Greg Nelson, Esq. Attorney for Akerman Senterfitt	Discussion on the patent process from initial disclosure and drafting of the application to prosecuting and issuance	Power Point Presentation (418 KB)
May 2000	John Fraser, Director of FSU Technology Transfer Office	How University Research Has Improved Our Standard of Living and Will Continue To Do So	PDF Packet (1,488 KB)
May 1999	Louise Foutch, Esq. Thomas Kautz, Esq. Don Showalter, Esq. Dan Crilly, Esq. Attorney's for Holland and Knight	Biotechnology and Chemical Patents; SW Trademarks; Copyrights of SW Patents/Electrical Based Applications	PDF packet (815 KB)

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