Featured Speaker
Jeffrey Sakoi and Hayley Stevens
Adding Value to your Business Protecting your Intellectual Property - Wednesday, February 22, 2012
• Do you have an invention you are wondering how to protect from being stolen?
• Are you providing a service or selling a product overseas and aren’t sure if you can or should patent it?
• Did you invent something while working under a government contract? Who owns your invention?
• Would you like to understand the effect of the new U.S. patent laws on your strategy for protecting your inventions?
Resources
U. S. Small Business Administration (SBA)
Contracting with the Government
Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Grant Program
Small Business Development Centers
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Employee Identification Number (EIN)
Small Business & Self Employed Tax Center
Business Licensing Service (Department of Revenue)
Business Owners/Employers
Business and Professional Associations
Center for Economic Vitality
Contractors
Food Handlers
Government Training Opportunities
Grow Seattle
Health Care Providers
King County Library System - InfoBiz
Leases
Microenterprise Organizations
MicroMentor - "Find a mentor. Be a mentor. Build a business."
Procurement Technical Assistance Center
Register Your Business with Washington State
Washington Liquor Control Board
Washington Secretary of State, Corporations Division
Washington State Bar Association
Washington State Microenterprise Association
Washington State Office of Minority and Women Business Enterprises
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Your Local Economic Development Organization
