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During the opening ceremony, keynote
speeches were delivered by such outstand-
ing figures as Mr. Joon-seok Lee, KIPA Presi-
dent, Mr. Alireza Rastegar, IFIA President, Mr.
John Calvert, UIA President, Mr. John Cabeca,
Regional Director of USPTO, Ms. Lisa Gilmor,
Mayor of Santa Clara, Mr. Amin Ghafooripour,
Santa Clara University Professor and Mr. Erik
Puknys, a Patent litigator representing WIPO.

On July 3rd, a workshop was held on “Intel-
lectual Property (IP) Strategy is a Business
Strategy” by USPTO providing an overview
of intellectual property types, the reasons made.
why innovators and entrepreneurs should SVIIF Jury Board was composed of 10 juries from the American organizations and entities of
consider protecting their IP, the risks of early importance including UIA, USPTO, and Santa Clara University who evaluated the showcased
disclosure as well as resources and assistance innovations and awarded the most promising ones.
available through the USPTO.
The Awards Ceremony commenced in the afternoon of July 4th with the participation of
On the same day, a plenty of buyers from VIPs and special awards from IFIA, KIPA, WIPO as well as Grand Prix were granted to the best
Amazon, Panasonic USA, Amenda Technol- innovations displayed in the event. IFIA Memorial Medal was also conferred to Mr. John Cal-
ogy, Diamond Tech Ventures, Silicon Vision, vert, UIA President to appreciate his positive contribution and unconditional support for the
Maxcel Logic, AlignTech visited SVIIF and organization of the event.
several business deals were negotiated and
SVIIF 2019 is planned to be held from 23 to 26 June 2019.

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