Calendar of Events:

	Thursday, 08/05/10: Data Security Conference
	Thursday, 08/12/10: MTI Seed Grant Applications due
	Friday, 11/05/10: MTI Development Award Applications due

Patent Basics

The Maine Patent Program will present a seminar on how to patent your invention. The seminar will address what types of inventions are subject to patent protection, the practical steps to obtain a patent, and how one can perform searches on their own invention. This seminar fulfills the prerequisite to recieve patent services from the Maine Patent Program.

Please check back soon. We will be announcing dates in Rockland, Portland, and Augusta.

Other Events, Seminars and Deadlines

DATA SECURITY AND MANAGEMENT IN GLOBAL COMMERCE:

Thursday, August 5, 2010
9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Lee Conference Room, Wishcamper Center
34 Bedford Street, Portland, Maine
$95 per person
5.3 hours CLE approved
Space limited

As institutions that collect and use data increasingly store that information in-house and in the “cloud”, and transmit it in global channels, what are the security risks and how can lawyers and managers create systems to protect it? What steps can make data easier to find? How does privacy law affect the world of cloud computing and social media?

All are invited to attend, but especially:

• Lawyers specializing in: business or corporate law, information security and privacy law, litigation involving e-discovery, and intellectual property law
• Businesses that collect, store, maintain and mine large quantities of personal information; routinely transmit information out of state and in global commerce; and develop software tools to manage information
• Banks concerned about information privacy and security
• Insurance companies
  
  

Click here for conference information in PDF form.

For more information, please contact Kathryn Masters at kmasters@usm.maine.edu or 207.228.8430

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MAINE TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE DEADLINES

08/12/10 SEED GRANTS Grants of up to $12,500 per project are offered on a competitive basis to support very early activities for product development, commercialization, or business planning and development. Complete applications must be in the MTI office by 5:00 p.m. (405 Water Street, Suite 300; Gardiner, ME 04345) For an application visit: MTI's Seed Grant Webpage.

11/05/10 DEVELOPMENT AWARDS Up to $500,000 per project available. Complete applications must be in the MTI office by 5:00 p.m. (405 Water Street, Suite 300; Gardiner, ME 04345) For an application visit: MTI's Development AwardsWebpage.