J. F. (Jim) Chester, founding partner in the Dallas-based global business & technology law firm of CHESTER pllc, recently presented on how to protect innovation and technology to an audience of students at an event sponsored by the National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA).
The event was the annual Sumners Scholars Public Policy Seminar, which is hosted by the NCPA and funded by the Hatton W. Sumners Foundation for recipients of student scholarships to become informed about today’s most important and complex public policy issues from some of the nation’s leading experts. It was held at the HiltonAnatole Hotel in Dallas, Texas, over the weekend of November 2-3, 2012. Other presenters included Steve Kroft, an Emmy Award-winning correspondent for 60 Minutes, NCPA Senior Economist Barry Asmus, which was named by USA Today as one of the five most requested speakers in the United States, Mara Liasson, a National Political Correspondent for NPR, and Admiral Patrick Walsh, former Commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet. The title of Chester’s presentation was “Innovation: America’s Most Critical and Vulnerable Resource.” He discussed how important innovation and emerging technologies are to the success of the U.S. economy, but how vulnerable they are to attack.
The best way to pre-emptively protect innovation from infringement is to take advantage of legal protections offered by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Of the event, Chester said, “I was honored to be asked to speak at this prestigious event. These students represent some of the brightest minds in the country, and they asked thoughtful, provocative questions that really kept me on my toes.”
The National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy research organization, established in 1983. Their goal is to develop and promote private, free-market alternatives to government regulation and control, solving problems by relying on the strength of the competitive, entrepreneurial private sector. They bring together the best and brightest minds to tackle the country’s most difficult public policy problems — in health care, taxes, retirement, small business, and the environment. They propose reforms that liberate consumers, workers, entrepreneurs and the power of the marketplace.
CHESTER pllc is a Dallas, Texas law firm providing comprehensive legal services to innovation-based companies doing business in the US, around the world, and on the web. Its mission (and passion) is helping entrepreneurs and emerging companies solve problems and protect their interests. CHESTER pllc delivers value by providing business-savvy, cost-effective solutions to legal challenges. The firm offers a wide array of business legal solutions, such as business entity formation (LLCs, corporations, etc.), trademarks and other intellectual property, technology transactions, domestic and international contracts, and e-commerce matters. Additional information about the firm and its attorneys may be found at www.chester-law.com.
