Free workshop helps local inventors profit from their ideas

Everyone has had an idea for a great invention, work of art, business, etc. The problem then becomes... "What do I do now?" Here is the chance to learn the answer from Nevin Shaffer the popular "Plain Speaking Patent Attorney" and author of the new book "Protect Your Great Ideas for Free."

In this free workshop this Sat., Nov. 4 from 3 to 5 p.m. at Barnes and Noble entitled "Protecting and Profiting from Your Great Idea without Spending a Dime," Shaffer will teach what inventors need to know. His whimsical style makes it a pleasure to get the vital information needed to protect and profit from great ideas. Participants will learn What a patent is and is not; what types of inventions are patentable; how to read a patent and what the "claims" of a patent are; who Chester Carlson was and why that is important to inventors; what types of things qualify as "trade secrets;" what you must do to protect your trade secrets; the difference between "noncompete" agreements and trade secret agreements; what a copyright is and how long it lasts; how to maximize copyright law to your advantage; why Bill Gates is the richest man on the planet; what a trademark is and is not; how to pick a great mark; why APPLE for computers is a great mark; why Navy will beat Notre Dame this year; what the future is for ideas and other things too fierce to mention!

Nevin is a popular speaker with over 26 years of experience helping everyone from individuals to Fortune 500 companies profit from their great ideas without wasting money. He will be signing copies of his new book "Protecting Your Great Ideas for Free," ISBN 1-931644- 47-0. Get more information about the book at http://www.maxpress.com/catalog/ ideas.html.

Want to go?

Event: 'Protecting and Profiting from Your Great Idea without Spending a

Dime'

Cost: Free

Date: Saturday, Nov. 4

Time: 3 - 5 p.m. Where: Barnes and Noble,

1200 Airport Blvd, Pensacola 969-9554