IEEE Richmond Section Program

01 March 2012 Program

Date: Thursday, 01 March 2012

Event: IEEE Richmond Section Professional Program

Program: Patents & Patent Law

There have been recent, dramatic changes to US patent law. Whether you a small inventor or work for a large company/institution, whether you work or study in industry, research, or academics, whether you are well established or just starting out, patenting and patent law will likely affect your career.

Our speaker, Marvin Motsenbocker Ph.D., J.D.:

  • Reviewed his background, training, and experience in electronics, as a biochemistry faculty member, as a medical diagnostics scientist, as an electronics patent attorney, and as a patent-holding inventor
  • Explained how patent law may affect you and your career, particularly in regard to recent, historical changes to U.S. patent law
  • Explained how the new law hurts small start-ups and individual inventors and outline possible ways to ameliorate challenges associated with the new law, including when and how to use lawyers to help overcome problems

Did you know that

  • IEEE-USA officially opposed the law, as passed in its final form?
  • Most unbiased observers believe this law favors larger corporations over small companies and individuals?
  • Some have predicted that this could mean the end of the independent inventor or individual patents?

Those that would find this programs useful or interesting:

  • Students studying engineering, technology, or science
  • Working engineers, technologists, or scientists
  • Researchers or developers
  • Retired engineers, technologists, or scientists interested in how your chosen profession may be changing
  • Those wishing to understand how patenting and patent law affects their career
  • Those wishing to know how recent, dramatic changes in U.S. Patent Law will dramatically affect them and the company or institution for which they may work now or in the future
  • Those that wish to understand how the new law changes the time-honored U.S. "first-to-invent" system
  • Those that might be interested in a career (or part-time work) in the area of patenting or patent law

We intend to post more resources from this program and other sources to this site in the near future.

Speaker: Marvin Motsenbocker Ph.D., J.D. - Founder and Manager of the Washington office of Mots Law, PLLC

Marvin Motsenbocker Ph.D., J.D. is a founder of Mots Law, PLLC. He is currently Manager of the Washington office, responsible for all U.S. Legal Practice. Mots Law is an American-Japanese full service Intellectual Property law firm with offices in Washington D.C. and Tokyo, focusing on data integrity and rapid, efficient filing and prosecution in the U.S., Japan, Europe and China.

Dr. Motsenbocker specializes in he prosecution of U.S. patents and in legal opinions and aggressive patent strategies.

Dr. Motsenbocker was formerly a Biochemistry Faculty member, electronics broadcast engineer and a research scientist in medical diagnostics in the U.S. and Japan. Dr. Motsenbocker is also an inventor. He has invented both in large US companies and Japanese companies (instrumentation, light chemistry, motor control). Dr. Motsenbocker holds patents in the area of electronic control systems and related engineering. He has been an electronics patent attorney for 10 years.

Cancellation/No-Show Policy:

If you confirm attendance, the IEEE Richmond Section has to pay for your meal; therefore, we ask you to adhere to the following Cancellation/No-Show Policy.

If you cancel after the deadline, or do not show up for the meal, please send us a check or money order for the proper amount ($30 non-member professionals or guests, $25 professional members, $15 non-member students, or $10 for student members or IEEE Special Circumstances Members).

Make your check or money order paid to the order of:
IEEE Richmond Section

Mail your payment to the attention of:

Jeff Pegram, P.E., PMP; Treasurer
IEEE Richmond Section
PO Box 26825
Richmond VA 23261-6825