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ATTENTION Small Businesses: Upcoming CBP Webinar Series on Duty Refunds

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is offering **free, practical webinars** on how small businesses can request refunds on duties imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA).

These sessions will cover:
✔️ How to submit ACE CAPE declarations
✔️ Tracking and processing IEEPA duty refund claims
✔️ Best practices for navigating CBP’s Automated Commercial Environment (ACE)

📅 **Upcoming Webinar Dates**
• May 13 (11:00 a.m. MT) – IEEPA Duty Refunds. Registration: https://inevent.com/en/WebinarUSCustomsandBorderProtection-1739306113/IEEPADutyRefundsforSmallBusinesses051326/hotsite.php
• May 20 (11:00 a.m. MT) – IEEPA Duty Refunds. Registration https://inevent.com/en/WebinarUSCustomsandBorderProtection-1739306113/IEEPADutyRefundsforSmallBusinesses052026/hotsite.php
• May 21 (11:00 a.m. MT) – ACE Reports for CAPE Claims. Registration https://inevent.com/en/WebinarUSCustomsandBorderProtection-1739306113/ACEReportsforCAPEClaims/hotsite.php

👉 **Seats are limited and entry is first-come, first-served:**

After the live event, these and other previously recorded webinars will be available for replay at Trade Outreach Webinars | U.S. Customs and Border Protection (cbp.gov): https://www.cbp.gov/trade/stakeholder-engagement/webinars

Trade Outreach Webinars Securing America's Borders

Join the USPTO for the next session in the virtual series "Successful Inventing 2026" on Wednesday, May 13th from 5-6:30 p.m. Mountain.

During each virtual session, participants will hear experts discuss intellectual property, prototypes, licensing, funding, and more. The next installment will focus on licensing your product or concept and cover the following discussion topics:

-Should I license or manufacture?
-What is in a royalty and how does it work?
-What do companies expect to see from inventors?
-Which companies should I approach and why?
-How do I negotiate a license?

You can REGISTER HERE:

Successful Inventing 2026: Licensing your product or concept During each virtual session, participants will hear experts discuss topics that include intellectual property, creating a prototype, licensing, funding, and more.