{"id":3741,"date":"2016-12-14T17:26:42","date_gmt":"2016-12-14T16:26:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ccproof.nl\/?p=3741"},"modified":"2017-02-13T17:06:44","modified_gmt":"2017-02-13T16:06:44","slug":"talkswith-rockstart-and-elonuniversity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ccproof.nl\/en\/talkswith-rockstart-and-elonuniversity\/","title":{"rendered":"Lecture Rockstart and Elon University"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Yesterday, we hosted another guest lecture together with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.demerkplaats.nl\/?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\">de Merkplaats\u00ae<\/a>. Fifteen American students of the Elon Law School and several American startups joined us as guests for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockstart.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rockstart<\/a> in the lovely building \u2018De Zonnewyser\u2019, across the way from our office, to learn more about intellectual property law.<\/strong><BR><\/p>\n<p>The guest lecture was part of a \u2018Meetup\u2019 titled \u2018Law for Innovation \/ Innovation for Law\u2019.<br \/>\nThis Meetup is an initiative of  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zebralegal.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Zebra Legal<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wcsr.com\/Professionals\/Lawyer-Bios\/Jack-B-Hicks\" target=\"_blank\">Jack Hicks<\/a>, professor at Elon University School of Law in North Carolina. Also attending were policymakers of the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) and Daryl Reeve, a reviser at Shandong University in China.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ccproof.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Collage-WelcomeVraagteken-1024x502.png\" alt=\"Collage WelcomeVraagteken\" width=\"586\" height=\"287\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3821\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ccproof.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Collage-WelcomeVraagteken-1024x502.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.ccproof.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Collage-WelcomeVraagteken-300x147.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 586px) 100vw, 586px\" \/><br \/>\nSeveral lectures were held throughout the day, and students had the opportunity to ask questions to the startups that were present.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ccproof.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/CC-Proof-Doppers-Rood.png\" alt=\"dopper-family-pack-a3495-750x750\" width=\"324\" height=\"190\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3773\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.demerkplaats.nl\/jurist\/mr-alphons-geerlings\/?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\">Alphons Geerlings, LLM<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ccproof.nl\/en\/het-cc-proof-team\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sam van den Berg<\/a> discussed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ccproof.nl\/en\/trademark\/\" target=\"_blank\">trademark law<\/a>, het <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ccproof.nl\/en\/copyright\/\" target=\"_blank\">copyright law<\/a> and the important role played by Donald Duck in patent law, among other issues. They also gave out Doppers\u00ae, registered with CC Proof, to students who gave a correct answer to a question or who posed an interesting question themselves.<br \/>\n<BR><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8216;I felt today was the most rewarding day yet. Listening and learning from lawyers in Amsterdam was very informative. Their presentations were interactive and a good variety. The Local Law Firm presentations [de Merkplaats] were good because they were interactive yet we learned a lot.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Law student <a href=\"http:\/\/www.elon.edu\/home\/\" target=\"_blank\">Elon University<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<BR><br \/>\nLooking back, the day &#8211; which ended with drinks at The Hoxton Hotel in Amsterdam &#8211; was a great success.<br \/>\n<BR><br \/>\nAre you interested in a \u2018Talks With&#8230;\u2019 event? We are happy to travel around the country for guest lectures.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ccproof.nl\/en\/#the-contact\" target=\"_blank\">Please contact us for more information<\/a>.<br \/>\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, we hosted another guest lecture together with de Merkplaats\u00ae. 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