Alamo Inventors, San Antonio, Texas

Come and learn about inventing and how to take your idea to the next level.
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Once a month, we have a meeting with a presentation about something invention related. Sometimes it's the creative part, like how someone came up with an idea. Sometimes it's the legal parts, like protection, patents, trademark, & licensing. Manufacturing comes up a lot, and so does marketing. We always enjoy our speakers, and we always learn from them. Questions are always encouraged, and our speakers share insights you can't get anywhere else. Before the meeting, you can visit with other inventors. New faces are always welcome, and if you have questions about invention or patents or marketing or ... there are usually members who can help guide you.

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Meeting Date
Wednesday, November 13, 2024 (Register Here)
If you've registered before, you don't need to register again. You should get an email from Zoom

6PM CST, usually until 8PM or so. This meeting is online, on Zoom

Famous Deals From History: Lessons For Today

Raymond Van Dyke

With every creation and idea there is the ultimate need to leverage it for some gain. Whether an idea, patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret or know how, famous and infamous people in history have made deals to exploit their creations, some good, some bad. In this webinar, we will look at several such deals in their historical setting and circumstances and analyze what happened and what could have happened instead. Hopefully, through review of these pasts, we are not condemned to repeat the failures.

What you will learn:
• How to better leverage your IP and other assets through historical example
• An understanding that mistakes can and will happen
• How to spot an advance and seize upon it
• Realize that you can be smarter than many prior entrepreneurs

Raymond Van Dyke is an Attorney and Educator. In his practice he helps clients in their IP matters. He specializes in patent and trademark matters in various technologies, litigation, licensing and procurement. After being a partner in big firms, in 2010 he started his own IP consultancy in Washington, DC, with diverse domestic and international clientele and technologies, handling matters directly at the USPTO, Federal Circuit and State and Federal courts.

He teaches an IP course for engineers, businesspeople and other professionals at George Washington University, where he is an Adjunct Professor, he taught engineers for 20 years at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, where he was an Adjunct Professor, and also teaches at NIH and other institutions. He is the Chair of the DC Chapter of LES; an Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, an AIPLA Fellow and former Chair of a number of Committees; a Fellow of the American bar Foundation of the ABA; Chair of the Montgomery County Bar Association IP Section, former Board Member of the DC Chapter of the ACM, former Board Member of ITechLaw (Computer Law Association); and continues his involvement in IPO, AIPPI, ABA, BIO, IEEE and other legal and technical organizations. He is also involved with US Inventor and otherwise advocates for the preservation of strong patent rights for inventors.

Ray got his BS, MS in computer science and law degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is licensed to practice in DC, MD, NY, NJ and TX, as well as the USPTO, and is a member of the U.S. Supreme Court, Federal, Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Circuit Courts and a number of District Courts, Court of International Trade and Federal Court of Claims.

He enjoys helping inventors realize their goals and learning about technology, a perfect world for a patent attorney.

See Ray’s law firm at www.vandykeiplaw.com.



Guests are welcome.

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