A joint offering by the College of Engineering and the School of Business
Understanding Intellectual Property and Patent Law
Topics
- Overview and motivation for intellectual property protection
- Jurisprudential concepts; enabling provisions
- Trade secrets; copyright
- Utility patents; design patents
- Selecting appropriate intellectual property protection
- Ownership of inventions and copyrights
- General overview of patent prosecution
- Practical lab on finding patent information on the PTO Web site
- Reading claims
- The novelty requirement
- Documenting intellectual work product
- Current topics (open discussion for those further interested)
Audience
This course addresses the needs of those in industry who do not have an intellectual property legal background, including:
- R&D engineers and technicians
- Scientists
- Plant managers and personnel
- Product development team leaders and managers
- Research team leaders and managers
- Paralegals, in-house counsel
- Others interested in safeguarding intellectual property and other technology
Benefits
The purpose of this intensive course is to help you understand the kinds of intellectual property protection available, the legal process(es) undertaken to obtain protection, and the jargon and concepts used in communicating about intellectual property. The course will also show you how to:
- Easily and effectively communicate technology developments to management and legal counsel so that you can achieve optimal protection
- Understand and better review the work product of legal advisors
- Safeguard ownership of internally developed and acquired technology
General Information
Fee includes notebook and other course materials, break refreshments, lunches and certificate.This course will be held at the Pyle Center, 702 Langdon Street, Madison, WI, phone: 608-262-1122.
The instructor is a registered patent attorney. This course is approved by the National Association of Legal Assistants, the Wisconsin Board of Bar Examiners, and the Association for Facilities Engineering.
By participating in this course, you will earn 15 Professional Development Hours (PDH), 15 AIA Learning Units (LU) and 1.5 Continuing Education Units (CEU).
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