{"602442":{"#nid":"602442","#data":{"type":"event","title":"ECE Seminar (ECE 2002A\/ECE 8002A)","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESpeaker:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EMs. Laura S. Huffman\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESpeaker\u0026rsquo;s Title\u003C\/strong\u003E: Senior Associate \u0026ndash; Intellectual Property Practice Group\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESeminar Title:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EIntellectual Property:\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;The Economic Engine of Knowledge\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbstract of Talk:\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EIntellectual property is the backbone of the world economy.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;It plays a role in everyone\u0026rsquo;s life.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;It is particularly important for engineers, whether you are in research and development, an entrepreneur, a business manager, or any other technology career.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;We will discuss the various types of intellectual property (patents, trade secrets, copyrights, and trademarks) including what they protect and how they are acquired.\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBiographical Sketch of the Speaker:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;Laura Huffman is a proud graduate of Georgia Tech, holding the BEE and MSEE degrees.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;She began her career at Bell Laboratories in research and development in optical fiber and cable.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;She subsequently moved into business management for Lucent Technologies and OFS, with global responsibility for product management, product marketing, business development, intellectual property strategy and public policy.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;After that career, she obtained her JD degree from Emory University, where she was Editor-in-Chief of the Emory International Law Review, and participated in the joint Georgia Tech Emory TI:GER program.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;She is currently a senior associate at King \u0026amp; Spalding in the Intellectual Property practice group.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELaura S. Huffman, senior associate in the Intellectual Property Practics Group at King \u0026amp; Spalding, will speak on \u0026quot;Intellectual Property:\u0026nbsp;The Economic Engine of Knowledge.\u0026quot;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Laura S. Huffman, senior associate in the Intellectual Property Practics Group at King \u0026 Spalding, will speak on \u0022Intellectual Property:\u00a0The Economic Engine of Knowledge.\u0022"}],"uid":"27241","created_gmt":"2018-02-15 21:10:50","changed_gmt":"2018-02-15 21:10:50","author":"Jackie Nemeth","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2018-02-21T11:15:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2018-02-21T12:05:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2018-02-21T12:05:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2018-02-21 16:15:00","gmt_time_end":"2018-02-21 17:05:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2018-02-21 17:05:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPaul Steffes\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E404-894-3128\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}