Designers & Design Patent Protection: What You Really Need to Know About What You Create! (RECORDING)

Tim Fletcher is an experienced expert witness in design patent, utility patent and trade dress cases. Venues include Federal Court, The International Trade Commission and the PTAB. With over 33 years of experience in industrial design, he has worked in corporate, consulting and academic environments in the US as well as internationally. He has been working with manufactures and clients in Asia and Europe since 1989. He holds 14 design patents and 4 utility patents in the US and Europe. He was an Assistant Professor at the School of Design at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and also has taught design topics in several schools at Carnegie Mellon University. Tim has been a member of the Industrial Designers Society of America since 1989. He has worked in several elected and appointed positions within the organization. In 2009 he was inducted into the IDSA Academy of Fellows, the highest honor bestowed by the organization.

Anthony Prenol is a founding partner of CPST Law LLP and its related patent and trademark agency firm, CPST Intellectual Property Inc. He is a lawyer, patent agent and trademark agent. Anthony's practice covers the full range of intellectual property protection, enforcement and commercialization. He has acted as trial and appellate counsel in a wide variety of patent, trademark and copyright litigation matters. Anthony is responsible for the prosecution of patent, trademark and industrial design portfolios for clients in a wide variety of industries. In particular, he has extensive experience in the energy and financial services sectors. He regularly advises clients in areas such as trademark clearance, freedom-to-operate opinions, data protection for innovative drugs, comparative advertising, official marks, and matters arising under the Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations.

Richard S. Stockton advises clients on all aspects of intellectual property law, including tactical and strategic counseling, portfolio management, litigation and prosecution matters. Richard earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UI) in 1997. He graduated from the UI College of Law cum laude in 2000. Richard also has governmental relations and policy experience. He has prepared draft legislation, and served as a legislative extern to the Illinois House of Representatives. Richard also interned in Congress.

Mina Stricklin is an experienced Assistant General Counsel with a 20+ year demonstrated history of in-house multifaceted patent practice in the consumer products industry. She is currently living the dream in Portland, OR while managing the patent team responsible for global protection of Nike's innovative product designs. Mina attended the University of Dayton where she received her B.S., Environmental/Chemical Engineering Tech and received her law degree from the University of Cincinnati College of Law.