Renowned patent author David Pressman, US Patent & Trademark officials to speak
Inventors who think they have the next great idea may come closer to realizing their dream at InventaPalooza, which will be held Saturday, October 3, 2009 from 10a.m.-5p.m. at Main Library, 60 S. High St. in downtown Akron.
The goal of InventaPalooza is to provide information to inventors and entrepreneurs that will help them in patenting and marketing their inventions.
“InventaPalooza is designed to provide information on patenting a product and also to bring together community resources for people who are starting a business,” said librarian Monique Mason, who is coordinating the event. “This year’s Inventapalooza is geared to the independent inventor interested in taking a do-it-yourself approach to the entire process. Author & patent attorney David Pressman will explain what steps to take with a new invention and John Calvert, director of the US Patent & Trademark Offices Inventor Assistance Office will answer questions via a videoconference. The afternoon will feature a presentation of low- and no-cost marketing a promotion ideas as well as a panel discussion by local business start-up and patenting experts.”
InventaPalooza will also foster an interest in invention and innovation in conjunction with family programming in the Teen and Children areas, including a building competition among teams of high school students.
The Akron Summit County Public Library was designated a Patent and Trademark Depository Library by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Patent and Trademark Depository Library in 1995. “As part of our mission we are to disseminate patent and trademark information and support the intellectual property needs of the public,” Mason explained.
Inventapalooza 2009 Schedule of events
10:00 – Welcome and Opening Remarks – David Jennings, Director, Akron-Summit County Public Library.
10:15-11:30 –David Pressman attorney and author of Patent It Yourself and other titles published by Nolo Press.
11:00 - An Invention-Themed Story Hour in the Children’s Library with stories, activities and crafting of tin-can robots.
11:45-12:15 – John Calvert, Director of the Inventor Assistance Office at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, videoconference on “Inventors’ Dilemmas”
12:00 -4:00 – CitiBlocs building competition – teams of four (at least one team member must be under 18 and a high school student) will compete to engineer and build the best structure.
1:00-2:15 – John Schlipp presents “From Dreams to Dollars: Do It Yourself Marketing and Intellectual Property Research.”
2:30-4:00 – Panel discussion with audience questions and answers featuring representatives from SCORE, the FederalTrade Commission, Jumpstart Inc., and the Cleveland Intellectual Property Law Association.
For more information call the Science and Technology Division at 330-643-9075 or visit www.akronlibrary.org.
