ECE 59500 - Intellectual Property Generation and Management: An Inventor's View
Course Details
Lecture Hours: 3 Credits: 3
Areas of Specialization:
Counts as:
Normally Offered:
Summer
Campus/Online:
On-campus and online
Catalog Description:
This course will provide students with a comprehensive overview of the generation and management of intellectual property. Topics covered include the definition of a patent, an overview of intellectual property law, filing a patent with the USPTO, and various business aspects of managing and enforcing patents. This course is intended for engineering graduate students as well as upper-level engineering undergraduates. It may also be suitable for some students outside of engineering.
Required Text(s):
None.
Recommended Text(s):
None.
Learning Outcomes
A student who successfully fulfills the course requirements will have demonstrated an ability to:
- Define the term patent
- List key elements of patent law
- Describe the process for gaining patent approval and the organizations involved
- List strategies for enforcing intellectual property
- Explain the differences between patents, trademarks, and copyrights
Lecture Outline:
| Lecture | Lecture Topics |
|---|---|
| 1 | What is a patent? |
| 2 | Introduction to IP law |
| 3 | Getting approval for your transaction |
| 4 | Characteristics of IP management office/infrastructure |
| 5 | How to get approvals from IP management office what should/should not be filed with USPTO |
| 6 | Leveraging IP in business |
| 7 | Masterpiece or wallpaper? Why some patents are worth millions and others are not |
| 8 | The new NDA/CDA policy and what you need to do with it |
| 9 | Technical advisory panel role into patents - how do you get an ID filed as a patent |
| 10 | Now that you have a patent, live examples of how owning IP can help your business deal |
| 11 | What's mine is mine, and yours is mine, too: Dividing up the spoils of joint development |
| 12 | Enforcing your patents for fun and profit: The Business Case |
| 13 | The other IP: Trademark, copyright, trade dress |
Assessment Method:
Quizzes, homework, class participation & discussions (12/2023)