Location
Cherry Auditorium, Kirk Hall
Start Date
1-30-2014 1:00 PM
Description
Intellectual property (IP) is pervasive in modern society, especially in the sciences and engineering. The U.S. Department of Commerce recently found that IP-intensive industries added $5.06 trillion, or 34.8%, of value to the U.S. gross domestic product and 40 million jobs in 20121. IP rights allow inventers, authors, and owners to exclude others from unauthorized use or reproduction of IP, making them very valuable assets, especially in the pharmaceutical, energy production, material production, nanotechnology, and biotechnology industries. As professionals, science and engineering students will encounter and create IP in the form of patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets. However, IP is generally overlooked in engineering and science curriculums and professional development and without a working understanding of IP valuable inventions and creative works may be lost. This talk will discuss the application, protection, and ownership of patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets that science and engineering professionals may encounter, strategies in handling them, and approaches to commercialization and avoiding infringement.
1. Econ. & Statistics Admin. & U.S. Patent & trademark Office, Intellectual Property and the U.S. Economy: Industries in Focus (2012)
Intellectual Property Applications in Science & Engineering
Cherry Auditorium, Kirk Hall
Intellectual property (IP) is pervasive in modern society, especially in the sciences and engineering. The U.S. Department of Commerce recently found that IP-intensive industries added $5.06 trillion, or 34.8%, of value to the U.S. gross domestic product and 40 million jobs in 20121. IP rights allow inventers, authors, and owners to exclude others from unauthorized use or reproduction of IP, making them very valuable assets, especially in the pharmaceutical, energy production, material production, nanotechnology, and biotechnology industries. As professionals, science and engineering students will encounter and create IP in the form of patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets. However, IP is generally overlooked in engineering and science curriculums and professional development and without a working understanding of IP valuable inventions and creative works may be lost. This talk will discuss the application, protection, and ownership of patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets that science and engineering professionals may encounter, strategies in handling them, and approaches to commercialization and avoiding infringement.
1. Econ. & Statistics Admin. & U.S. Patent & trademark Office, Intellectual Property and the U.S. Economy: Industries in Focus (2012)
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