ANN ARBOR – Ann O?Neill, Intellectual Property Attorney, Quinn Law Group, will be sharing an overview of new legislation that potentially is a big change to patent filings during the Keynote presentation at 5 p.m. Oct. 11 from five presentation sites around the state.

O?Neil also will be part of an interactive panel to answer questions. How do you protect your precious IP without bankrupting your fledgling enterprise?

Be part of Statewide Speed Introduction at 5:15 PM and Ask Your Top Intellectual Property Protection Questions to Leading Panel after Key Note.

The Great Lakes Chapter of the MIT Enterprise Forum (MITEF), UM Dearbron, and Great Lakes Entrepreneur Quest (GLEQ) are pleased to unveil the 2011-12 Savvy Entrepreneur Series. Co-produced with, and hosted by, a number of the region?s leading innovation accelerators and research institutions, the series provides early to mid-stage technology entrepreneurs with guidance on key topics that all start ups must navigate to realize success. Includes great networking opportunities across Dearborn, Grand Rapids, Ann Arbor, Flint, Detroit, Houghton, Traverse City, and Midland.

You?ll learn key Strategic Intellectual Property Management Best Practices, including how to navigate through the dreaded NDA with customers and partners. Before allocating a significant portion of your product or business development budget to this, you ask yourself, ?Are there some inexpensive ways of protecting your intellectual property?? Learn why and how to protect one of your businesses most valuable assets affordably from local leading entrepreneurs and specialists. Bring your questions and thorniest challenges to this program to advance your technology entrepreneurship skill set.

A panel of successful entrepreneurs, investors and subject matter experts will share best practices and experiences dealing with one of the biggest challenges and biggest critical success factor to launch or grow your company. The forum will include insights from the panelists followed by a moderated question and answer session to address your specific startup commercialization or growth questions.

We will also have a panel of Active Early Stage Investor and Successful Entrepreneur to help answer your hard questions to support your journey. We will also showcase a Michigan entrepreneur on their growth journey.

5PM ? Start On Site Registration and Local Site Networking (save money by registering online )

5:15PM Optional ? Statewide Speed Introduction. Opportunity for you to meet and share your business idea in 30-60 seconds and request or offer assistance.

6PM to 8PM ? Live Web Video Program

? Welcome and Site Introductions

? Key Note Speaker

? Question and Answer with Specialist Panel ? Successful Entrepreneur, Leading Patent Attorney, and Early Stage Investor on Protecting Your Intellectual Property

? MITechNews.Com ? Sharing Successes and What?s Working for Entrepreneurs

Link to event registration: AlumWeb.MIT.Edu

Students are free with pre-registration. $30 for general registration. $40 for walk in registration. This is a great value for sharing best practices on your business concept and getting the best connections across the state. Pick one of 6 sites around Michigan to attend.

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