On August 12, 2009, Eric Waltmire, patent attorney at the Erickson Law Group, will speak on patents at the Chicago chapter of SCORE’s workshop titled “New Product Development Workshop: How to Launch Your Product.” SCORE is a nonprofit association dedicated to educating entrepreneurs and the formation, growth and success of small business nationwide. The workshop is held at 500W. Madison in Chicago and will cover:
- Legal matters: Find out what legal issues are there: To form a legal entity, apply for a Patent, Trademark, Copyright, and otherwise protect your intellectual property
- Marketing issues: How do you plan to market your new product?
- To produce, outsource or license? The ups and downs of producing the product
- Production: If you decide to produce, what should you do?
- Logistics: How do you make it available to customers?
- Financing: How do you plan to finance your new product introduction?
Find out more here [ link ]. Register for the workshop here [ link ].