Protecting the Software You Create: Developer Guidelines 
                      for Preserving Patent Rights                             
                             Ross Dannenberg
                          Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
            http://www.bannerwitcoff.com/bios.cfm?attorney=28

Intellectual property gives it's owner a legal monopoly to prevent others 
from exploiting the protected creation.  However, if the inventor or creator
is not careful, he or she might inadvertently perform an action resulting 
in an accidental loss of rights to some or all of the intellectual property.
It is also possible that he or she might not have taken appropriate steps to
protect the intellectual property before an applicable deadline, also resulting
in an accidental loss of rights to some or all of the intellectual property.
This is especially true with respect to patents.  The presentation will 
discuss guidelines and suggestions for inventors so that they do not inadvertently
lose some or all of their patent rights.