<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">Lawrence Technological University will be hosting a special presentation on Wednesday May 20, 2015 at 4:00 pm from the Elijah J. McCoy Detroit Satellite Office of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO):</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><b>101 Post-Alice: How USPTO and Practitioners are Reacting</b></div><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">"Alice" refers to a legal decision by the Supreme Court in the Alice Corp. vs. CLC Bank International about what aspects of technology can and cannot be patented. The decision will have a major impact on the Circuit Courts as they begin deciding upcoming cases.</div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div><br><div><br></div><div>This lecture and panel discussion is of interest to people in the legal profession, electrical and computer engineering, engineering, game design, <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;display:inline">and </div>software design<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;display:inline">.</div> <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;display:inline"> Any </div>entrepreneurs, <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;display:inline"></div>inventors, business people, and profession<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;display:inline">als who</div> create and protect Intellectual Property<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;display:inline"> will benefit from this session</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;display:inline"></div>. <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;display:inline">There is no admission charge, and everyone is welcome to attend. </div>Lawrence Tech is honored to be the first to host this lecture for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;display:inline"> Midwestern</div> tour. <br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;display:inline">The legal lecture will be followed by a panel discussion will run from 4:00 to 5:00 pm, followed by a question and answer period until 5:30 pm.</div></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;display:inline"><br></div></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;display:inline">The Marburger Auditorium is located in the Science Building (S100) in Building #14 on the campus map (<a href="http://www.ltu.edu/map/">http://www.ltu.edu/map/</a>). There is plenty of free parking in either Lot D or Lot C, which are closest to the Science Building. Enter the campus from either 10 Mile Rd. or southbound Northwestern Highway (by the tall entry sign).</div></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;display:inline"><br></div></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;display:inline">If there are any questions or if directions are needed, contact the LTU Library at 248-204-3000.</div></div><div><br></div>Cath<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;display:inline">y Phillips</div></div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;display:inline">___________________________________________________</div><br><div><div><div><div><div><br><div><div dir="ltr">Catherine J. Phillips<br>Head of Technical Services<br>Lawrence Technological University Library<div>Board of Directors- Inventor's Assoc. of Metro. Detroit (<span>IAMD</span>)<br>21000 W. Ten Mile Road<br><span>Southfield</span>, MI 48075<br>248 204-2994</div></div></div>
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