Date & Time: Wednesday, January 12, 2022 at 1:00 PM ET

Details: Panitch Schwarze partner Travis W. Bliss, Ph.D. will participate in a program entitled “Plants & IP: USPTO Essentials for Agri-Business” presented by the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Delaware Small Business Development Center.

The discussion will focus on best practices for intellectual property protection, with a special emphasis on agricultural businesses and technology. Bliss will be joined by Christian Hannon, Patent Attorney at the USPTO, Fan-Li Chou, Vice President of Scientific Affairs & Policy at ASTA, and David B. Chalkey, Examiner at the Plant Variety Protection Office at USDA.

Bliss is an IP attorney that counsels numerous clients in the agriculture, horticulture, and cannabis industries on appropriate IP protections to secure, and he assists in procuring, monetizing, and enforcing IP assets for those agri-businesses.

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is the federal agency for granting U.S. patents and registering trademarks. The Delaware Small Business Development Center offers training programs and professional consulting services to help innovators, startups, and existing businesses formulate and execute strategies to grow and succeed.

Click here to register for ‘Plants & IP: USPTO Essentials for Agri-Business.’

About Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP – Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP is a boutique intellectual property law firm with offices in Philadelphia and Wilmington, Delaware. The firm’s IP law practitioners provide strategic prosecution, litigation, licensing, and counseling service relating to patents, trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets, domain names and internet issues domestically and internationally. The firm’s long-standing relationships with a network of associates worldwide enable its attorneys and advisors to provide clients with global intellectual property advice and protection.