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Unlock Your Innovation: An Introduction to Intellectual Property 

Join us for a comprehensive overview of intellectual property (IP) fundamentals. Maximize your business potential by learning how patents, trade secrets, trademarks and copyrights can protect your IP assets. Discover the complexities of AI-generated content and explore how IP protection may be limited. This educational program is geared towards companies and entrepreneurs looking to enhance their understanding of the practical applications of evolving IP law.

About the Workshop Leaders 

Suet Lee, Associate Attorney, Irwin IP LLP (LinkedIn here)

Suet Lee is an associate at Irwin IP and serves in the intellectual property litigation group, focusing her practice on patent litigation and trademarks. She has worked on a variety of intellectual property matters, including design patent litigation, utility patent litigation, copyright litigation, and UDRPs. Suet enjoys working with clients across industries from technology, automotive, computer software to those in the creative arts and startup businesses. Her involvement in cases ranges from drafting complaints to managing discovery, preparing for depositions, and conducting prior art searches. Prior to joining Irwin IP, Suet obtained her J.D. from Loyola University Chicago School of Law and her B.S. in Biology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Reid Huefner, Sr. Attorney, Irwin IP LLP (LinkedIn here) 

Reid Huefner has been practicing as an intellectual property and technology attorney for more than 17 years. Reid started his career at one of the largest, most successful general practice and intellectual property firms in the world, where he practiced for roughly 10 years and was elevated to and held the position of partner for four years. In 2016, Reid left “Big Law’ to join three of his former Big Law partners to build and grow a top-notch boutique intellectual property law firm. Reid’s practice includes litigation, transactional, and opinion work concerning all aspects of intellectual property law. In addition to providing litigation services to clients in a host of venues, including federal and state district and appellate court, the ITC, the USPTO and PTAB, and U.S. Customs, Reid has also provided intellectual property support in a variety of transactional contexts, such as software licensing, research and development and joint venture agreements, outsourcing, mergers, acquisitions, and bankruptcy. Reid has both depth and breadth of experience counselling clients on defending and protecting their patent, trade secret, copyright, and trademark interests in both litigation and transaction contexts.