Intellectual Property in Industry

Data is displayed for academic year: 2023./2024.

Lecturers

Prof.
Dubravko Babić

Course Description

This is an introductory course on intelectual property that discusses types of intellectual property and its use in the industry with particular focus on startup companies. The course will cover monetization of patents and other types of intellectual property, the defense of intellectual property with a number of practical examples from real cases.

Study Programmes

University graduate
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Learning Outcomes

  1. Describe types of intellectual property and fields of applicability
  2. Explain the parts of a patent application
  3. Explain the need and the limitation of intellectual property

Forms of Teaching

Lectures

Week by Week Schedule

  1. What is intellectual property, why is it useful; philosophy behind it and brief history
  2. Patents and trade secrets
  3. Patents and trade secrets
  4. Copyright and mask design; trademark
  5. Copyright and mask design; trademark
  6. Procedures for registering and protecting intellectual property
  7. Patent application, how does on write one.
  8. Midterm exam
  9. Monetizing intellectual property; licensing; business use
  10. Monetizing intellectual property; licensing; business use
  11. Documenting intellectual property within a company; patenting strategy
  12. Patent infringement; trade-secret misappropriation; defense, litigation and remedies
  13. Patent infringement; trade-secret misappropriation; defense, litigation and remedies
  14. Guest Lecturer from Industry - overview of current procedures and practices
  15. Final exam

Literature

(.), Poltorak & Lerner: Essentials of Licensing Intellectual Property,
(.), H. Heines: Patents for Business: The Manager's Guide to Scope, Strategy, and Due Diligence,

For students

General

ID 222987
  Winter semester
2 ECTS
L1 English Level
L1 e-Learning
15 Lectures
0 Seminar
0 Exercises
0 Laboratory exercises
0 Project laboratory

Grading System

85 Excellent
72 Very Good
60 Good
50 Sufficient