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Join us at our next Women’s Entrepreneurship (WE) event on January 18, from noon to 1 p.m. ET, virtually or in person at the Collier Museum at Government Center, Naples, Florida. We will welcome leaders in the intellectual property (IP) community and women entrepreneurs who will share their stories and tips on why protecting your IP—via patents, trademarks, copyrights, or trade secrets—is key to starting and maintaining a successful business.
Confirmed speakers:
- The Honorable Kate O’Malley (Ret.), U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; Of Counsel, Irell & Manella
- Chrissybil Boulin, Founder, Jump Start Tutoring Center
- Vaishali Udupa, Vice President, Associate General Counsel of Litigation, Hewlett Packard Enterprise; incoming Commissioner for Patents, USPTO (January 17, 2023)
- Kathi Vidal, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO
This event is part of the Women’s Entrepreneurship Symposium (WES) event series. For more information, please visit the series page on the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO) website.
This series welcomes all entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs who are interested in learning more about succeeding in business, including information on identifying and protecting your intellectual property, securing options for funding, and expanding your network.
The USPTO and Department of Commerce (DOC) recently launched WE, a community-focused, collaborative, and creative initiative to inspire women and tap their potential to meaningfully increase equity, job creation, and economic prosperity. WE includes a new online hub for aspiring women entrepreneurs to obtain key information on how to get started, identifying and protecting their IP, options for securing funding, and building and maintaining a network.
For questions about this initiative, contact we@uspto.gov.
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