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USPTO Alert

Women Entrepreneurs: Protect and promote your brand

A good brand is vital to the success of any business. Learn to protect and promote the things that distinguish you and your business from your competitors during the next free installment of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO) Women’s Entrepreneurship (WE) program. Join us and the Farley Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Northwestern University on Wednesday, October 18, 11 a.m. to noon CT, at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.  

Confirmed speakers:

• Shirin Bidel-Niyat, Chief of Staff, United States Patent and Trademark Office
• Hayes Ferguson, Director, Farley Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation 
• Dana Gordon, Founder and CEO, Dana Rebecca Designs
• Izzy Mokotoff, Co-founder, SteadyScrib, Northwestern University student
• Charlotte Oxnam, Founder and CEO, Cue the Curves
• Karyn Pettigrew, Founder and CEO, ZoeGoes and Beyond Blind Spots 
• Casey Qadir (née Grage), Founder, Hubly Surgical, Northwestern University alum

View the full agenda on the event page. For more information, or if you have any questions or comments, please email us at we@uspto.gov.

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We look forward to continuing to support women entrepreneurs and promote education around intellectual property. Please visit the Empowering Women's Entrepreneurship webpage for upcoming events, mentorship opportunities, resources, and tools available through the USPTO. 

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