Title:

Licensing Associate, Georgia Tech Office of Technology Licensing

Speaker:

Mr. Kenneth Franklin

Affiliation:

Office of Technology Licensing at Georgia Tech

When:

Thursday, November 19, 2020 at 11:00:00 AM   Add to Calendar

Where:

Room https://bluejeans.com/199399724

Host:

Dr. Chaitanya S Deo
chaitanya.deo@me.gatech.edu

Abstract

This talk will be a high level overview of intellectual property IP law in the United States namely, a 101 of the four categories of IP patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade secrets. I will discuss in general why these areas of legal protection are important in our society, and in particular, the sort of things students in science technology should keep in mind as they move forward in research or business in the future. In addition, I will briefly touch on where IP protection fits in the context of the Georgia Tech research enterprise, including with respect to sponsored research funding and technology licensing commercialization.

Biography

Kenneth Franklin is a Licensing Associate with Office of Technology Licensing at Georgia Tech, where he focuses on intellectual property IP evaluation and licensing. Kenneth is an intellectual property and technology attorney and started at Georgia Tech in 2017. Previously, he worked in private practice and spent several years focused in IP and entertainment industry transactions. He is a registered patent attorney with the USPTO, a member of the Georgia Bar, has a B.S. in Physics from Georgia Tech 2004 and a JD/MBA from Emory University 2009.