In 2010, President Obama said, “We're going to aggressively protect our intellectual property. Our single greatest asset is the innovation and the ingenuity and creativity of the American people...It is essential to our prosperity and it will only become more so in this century.” This 21-day project supports the work of librarians and archivists who protect the rights of intellectual property (IP) license holders while ensuring that the wider population is able to access and benefit from their efforts and ingenuity. Through meetings and discussions with public and private sector professionals, this project will explore the broad range of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) protections, including copyright, patents, and trademarks, as well as their legal requirements for implementation and enforcement. The project will also explore the roles non-governmental organizations, including associations and universities, play in IPR protection. The participants will also liaise with library professionals to discuss best practices in library and archives management.

1. Vital team members in educating global
IPR professionals to build capacity in
protecting and promoting access to IPRs

17. Plot competitors' product strategies,
as well as ways to "patent-block" them
Gain patent-protected entry into
lucrative but hotly contested markets
Acquire exclusive rights to emerging
market-leading technologies
Increase R&D effectiveness and avoid
infringement minefields
Detect possible infringers, as well as
likely sources of licensing income

18. Information
Literacy Plan
IP Library &
Librarian
Institutional
Collaboration
& Networking
Broad
Interdisciplinary
IP Curriculum
International
Alums &
Friends

20. • Required Legal Research Course
• Elective IP Research Courses
– E.g. Mining Patents (patent informatics)
• Research events through and through the
curriculum
– Embedded librarians
– Graded research
– Worksheets & other measurement tools

32. The human info resources : graduates in 80
different countries are professors,
policymakers, government officials, and
corporate lawyers.

33. Jon.Cavicchi@law.unh.edu