The State Bar of Michigan Intellectual Property Law Section and Pro Bono Initiative will launch the Michigan Patent Pro Bono Project at a reception on Tuesday, Nov. 18 at the Elijah J. McCoy United States Patent & Trademark Office in Detroit.
The event is scheduled to start at 4 p.m. The office is located at 300 River Place South, Suite 2900.
The Michigan Patent Pro Bono Project will connect low-income Michigan inventors with Michigan patent professionals for patent preparation and prosecution legal services on a pro bono basis, in order to enable the low-income inventors to protect their patents.
The program is being established as part of a nation-wide initiative of the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, as the result of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act.
Among those scheduled to speak are U.S. Patent & Trademark Office Pro Bono Coordinator Jennifer McDowell, SBM Presient Thomas C. Rombach and Treasurer Jennifer Grieco as well as SBM Intellectual
Property Law Section Secretary-Treasurer David Berry. For additional information about the event, visit, michbar.org/ip/home.cfm.
Registration is not required, but is requested.
Contact SBM Pro Bono Counsel Rob Mathis at rmathis@mail.michbar.org to register.
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