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The Role of the Technology Professional in the
Creation, Development, Management and Use of
Intellectual Property
2004 IEEE EIT Conference
August 26-27, 2004
Milwaukee, WI, USA
Instructor: Howard B. Rockman
Thursday, August 26
- An overview: what is "Intellectual Property,"
nd how exclusive rights to inventions and
innovative works are created as a business or personal "asset."
- The strategic use of Intellectual Property rights in business,
by the entrepreneur, and in
the start-up enterprise; the proper management of your Intellectual
Property and avoiding
entanglements with the Intellectual Property rights of a competitor;
cost factors
regarding what and what not to protect, and where;
Intellectual Property licensing
considerations.
- How to read and obtain valuable information from a patent document;
how to use patent
documents in your research; understanding the mysterious "claim" of patent.
- The patent system; how and why the system works to your advantage;
different types of patents.
- What inventions are "patentable; the concepts of patentable subject matter,
novelty, non-obviousness and usefulness; how to apply these
standards to your innovations.
- The patenting process; matters to discuss with your patent
attorney or patent agent; the conception and reduction to practice of an invention;
who owns your invention; your
review of the patent application covering your invention.
- The protection of computer related (software) inventions;
patent protection for your software; copyright protection for your software,
data bases and programming.
- The protection afforded by copyright in Electro/Information Technology;
difference between protection afforded by patent and copyright;
avoiding infringement of patent and copyright rights in "foundation"
software and algorithms.
- Trade secrets; what are trade secrets and how they are protected;
limits on use of trade secrets of prior employers; when trade secret
protection provides advantages over patent or copyright protection.
- Biotechnology inventions; rules for exclusive rights in genetically
modified living things; the special rules for obtaining patents on
biotechnology; the protection of nanotechnology, the use of
biotechnology to create electronic devices.
- Your employment contracts and Intellectual Property; limits on non-compete
restrictions; confidentiality agreements and their enforcement.
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