WELLINGTON, PEI – April 26, 2017 – All entrepreneurs, artists, inventors and creators are invited to attend a lunch-and-learn entitled “Intellectual Property: What’s In It for Me?” on Monday, May 8, at 12 noon at the Wellington Rural Action Centre at 48 Mill Road.

Cécile Klein, business development officer from the Canadian Intellectual Property Office, will introduce the main intellectual property (IP) rights: patents, trademarks, copyrights and industrial designs.

The specific objectives of the session are to help participants to:
• recognize the strategic value and the benefits of intellectual property;
• understand the various forms of IP;
• learn how to protect and use your IP;
• discover a wealth of IP resources;
• realize that IP is a valuable business asset;
• realize that IP information and protection may help avoid costly mistakes.

The Wellington RAC and the Acadian and Francophone Chamber of Commerce of PEI are organizing this lunch-and-learn.

The $5 registration fee for Chamber members and the $10 fee for non-members will cover both the session and the light lunch. To register before May 4, contact Velma Robichaud at (902) 854-3439, Ext. 228, or velma@rdeeipe.org.

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CUTLINE: Cécile Klein, business development officer from the Canadian Intellectual Property Office, is returning to Wellington May 8 to speak about intellectual property rights.

 

For more information:
Velma Robichaud
Client services officer
Rural Action Centre, Wellington
(902) 854-3439, Ext. 228
velma@rdeeipe.org