Sep 20 2016
COCA Conversations 2016: Intellectual Property

COCA Conversations 2016: Intellectual Property

Presented by Council on Culture & Arts (COCA) at COCA - Council on Culture & Arts

Intellectual Property with Bill Hollimon, Hollimon P.A.

This workshop will discuss the legal issues facing intellectual property. As a creator is so important to protect your art, ideas, and yourself through patents, trademarks, and copyrights. It is instrumental for artists to understand their legal rights when it comes to their intellectual property in today’s age of internet sharing.

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Free for all COCA members and $5 for non-members.

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Speaker Bio:

Bill Hollimon is a registered patent attorney and circuit civil mediator. His practice focuses on patents, trademarks, and copyrights. Bill is also an experienced litigator, and regularly appears in state and federal courts. He is also involved in administrative litigation at the state and federal levels. He is admitted to practice before all Florida State Courts, all Florida Federal District Courts, the United States Court of Claims, the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeal.

Bill has litigated patent, trademark, and copyright disputes, and has experience in other complex litigation including class actions and proceedings before the Florida Public Service Commission. He also assists clients in cancellation and opposition proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board and in domain name disputes before ICANN. He provides legal advice and strategic planning services to technology businesses throughout Florida, with a focus on helping entrepreneurs start and grow their businesses.

His mediation practice concentrates on complex commercial disputes and disputes involving intellectual property. Prior to beginning his legal career, Bill practiced as an engineer in the electric utility industry in Florida, Alabama, Georgia, and North Carolina.

Bill was selected by his peers as one of the Top Florida Lawyers in Florida Trend’s 2007 Legal Elite Survey.

 

To view the entire COCA Conversations 2016 schedule click here.

For more information about this series of workshops or any other COCA hosted workshops please click here.

Admission Info

Admission is free for all COCA members and $5 for non-members.

Dates & Times

2016/09/20 - 2016/09/20

Location Info

COCA - Council on Culture & Arts

914 Railroad Avenue, Tallahassee, FL 32301

Parking Info

Parking spaces in the COCA/Domi Station lot

Accessibility Info

If you need sign language interpretation, or workshop materials in large print, Braille, or electronic format, please call 224-2500 at least three weeks before the workshop.