Election of Officers will be held at our November Meeting.
The San Diego Inventors Forum will be presenting their slate of Officers for 2017 at our November General Meeting. In addition, we will be accepting nomination from our membership for the Offices of President, Vice President, Treasurer, Recording Secretary, Corresponding Secretary and two Members-at-Large. David B. Waller is the Nominating Committee Chairperson.
This month we welcome David B. Waller, M.S., J.D. Presenting: Some Common Misconceptions about Patents and the Patenting Process
About the Presenter
David graduated from UCSD Revelle College and became a Research Chemist for Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation. He later pursued an advanced degree in Physical Biochemistry at the University of Denver and continued as a Research Scientist for Molecular Biosystems and Immuno Pharmaceutics. As an inventor of some of the company's core technologies his interest in patent law inspired a pursuit of a Law Degree from Thomas Jefferson School of Law. During law school David worked for Viagene and became a patent agent. Working with corporate counsel, then Seed & Berry, he helped to develop the company's intellectual property portfolio, which later resulted in the sale of Viagene to then Chiron Corporation. After graduating, David became a sole practitioner in San Diego, later working for a large law firm, Gordon & Rees and a smaller boutique IP firm in Virginia, The Nath Law Group. Currently David is the President of Patent Success Strategies, LLC an intellectual Property Management company here in San Diego. www.patentsuccessstrategies.com
Thursday, November 10
Doors open at 6:30 for Networking
Conference Center at AMN HealthCare, 12400 High Bluff Drive, San Diego, CA 92130
Meeting starts at 7:00
$10 fee includes a snack and drink (correct change appreciated!)
We thank Stephen Key for being our Speaker of the Month for October!
For the past 15 years, Stephen Key has been teaching creative people from more than 40 countries how to profit from their ingenuity. During his presentation, he outlined the obstacles that most frequently trip up inventors who want to license their ideas and described his strategies for overcoming them. His presentation included concrete tips including a pull-through marketing technique, win-win negotiation strategy, and why a $65 provisional patent application is all you need to license your idea. http://www.inventright.com/
