Past Meetings

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

Protecting Your Business Through Trademarks

Meeting Details

For this month's Lunch & Learn we have Gordon Troy, and attorney from Charlotte, VT who specializes in trademark law.  He will introduce you to trademarks, how to select, secure and protect them in the United States and internationally.

Topics for discussion will include:

• Define all 4 forms of IP & explain their differences and how they apply in the Software business (Patents, Copyrights, Trade Secrets, & Trademarks)
• Explain Trademarks in Detail
• The process of registering in the United States
• The process of seeking international registration
• Protection of Trademarks & Trademark Infringement
• Discussion of Domain Names

Materials

Speaker Bio

Gordon E. R. Troy, Esq.

Gordon is engaged in intellectual property private practice here in Vermont and concentrates his practice in i) domestic and international trademark prosecution, litigation, licensing and counseling, and ii) intellectual property and information technology matters representing start-up, micro and small businesses.

Because of Gordon's computer software and hardware background, Gordon has many clients in the business of developing information systems, hardware and computer software systems. He also represents several leading edge development firms of patented, patent pending and proprietary technology in the fields of semiconductor fabrication, holographic storage and imaging technologies, virtual reality display and tracking systems, micro-measurement devices, computerized analytical instrumentation systems, and internet based businesses. He represents authors, publishers and producers of multi-media works, internet and on-line interactive system developers, networks and client/server application systems and development tools.

As part of his practice, he counsels clients in conventional intellectual property representation in trademark and copyright matters, including significant infringement litigation, worldwide trademark filing and protection programs, domestic and international trademark prosecution, availability determination and trademark office proceedings. He also litigates intellectual property matters representing legal interests of intellectual property owners and defense against infringement claims.

Current clients range from small privately held companies through mid-sized publicly traded companies.