Course Number
16:137:501
Credits
3
Instructor's Profile
Semesters(s) Offered
Summer
Description
Learn the fundamental and practical aspects of intellectual property (IP), emphasizing IP strategies. Learn about forms of IP, IP strategy, IP markets, start-ups, negotiations involving IP, IP due diligence, technology transfer, licensing and commercialization, valuation, and metrics-based quality assessment of IP. There will be an emphasis on IP strategy from the standpoint of corporations and universities. Take a trip to the US Patent and Trademark Office in Alexandria, VA.
Course Objectives
- Offer training on various forms of IP with an emphasis on patents;
- IP Primer – Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks, Trade-Secrets
- IP strategy for startups and corporations
- Performing portfolio analysis
- Marketing strategy for licensing IP assets
- IP markets
- Litigation of IP
- Negotiations involving IP in contracts such as licenses and research agreements
- Overall training on protection, marketing, assessment, valuation, commercialization and monetization of IP asset
Testimonials
Course Testimonials
"Overall, I’d say that the IP course was one of the most beneficial courses that I took. It was the very first course that I took, and I’ve had to use the knowledge from that course in many different classes as well as in my professional career." (May 2019)