This document discusses several Chinese university alumni associations and startup clubs located in Silicon Valley, including Chongqing University of Science and Technology Silicon Valley Alumni Association, Tsinghua University Silicon Valley Alumni Network, Nanjing University Silicon Valley Alumni Association, Zhejiang University Northern California Alumni Association, Jilin University Silicon Valley Alumni Association, and Silicon Valley IC CAFE. It also mentions Silicon Valley Information Harbor (www.bay123.com).
Deck designed and delivered by Ian Bell from the Canadian Intellectual Property Office during his session at the Vancouver Innovation Labs (May 24th, 2016)
Presentation originally given to business advisors on 11 Oct 2008. Starting with a case study of three young entrepreneurs, the presentaiton considers how each of them can be assisted. It then deals with the sources of IP, the available assistance including inventors\' groups and clinics and the services avfailable form professional advisors.
Rob McInnes, one of Australia's leading patent and technology licensing lawyers gives an overview of IP basics and recent developments aimed at startups.
This was presented in a recent workshop for the INCUBATE startups.
The protection of intellectual property is important when building an organization´s IP strategy and implementing it in a practice. The entrepreneurs and individuals need to understand the basics of intellectual property (IP) law to best protect their property creations and ideas from an unfair advantage.
Seek professional guidance from an intellectual property attorney to help your company plan for success and avoid theft of ideas, designs, and other concepts.
some of the intellectual property that can be protected are:
Trademark
Patents
Copyrights
Some of the common ways to protect intellectual property are as follows
This IP Strategy Overview was presented at a conference of innovators at Georgia Tech's College of Architecture in October 2013. The goal of this presentation is to go beyond the usual lawyer-generated content to highlight not only the positive aspects of IP, but also to give a reality check as to the likely ROI of investment in protection. A basic overview of IP (patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets) is provided. Additionally, commonly overlooked forms of intangible asset value are presented. A case study of an innovation protection strategy is highlighted. Recommendations for business relevant IP and patent protection strategies are also included.
Intellectual Property is a Part of Social and Professional Issues in Computing. Intellectual Property relates to intangible creative work that is protected for the creator's use under the law as a patent, copyright, trademark, or trade secret. There are four types of protection in intellectual property Copyright, Patent, Trademark and Trade Secret.
Deck designed and delivered by Ian Bell from the Canadian Intellectual Property Office during his session at the Vancouver Innovation Labs (May 24th, 2016)
Presentation originally given to business advisors on 11 Oct 2008. Starting with a case study of three young entrepreneurs, the presentaiton considers how each of them can be assisted. It then deals with the sources of IP, the available assistance including inventors\' groups and clinics and the services avfailable form professional advisors.
Rob McInnes, one of Australia's leading patent and technology licensing lawyers gives an overview of IP basics and recent developments aimed at startups.
This was presented in a recent workshop for the INCUBATE startups.
The protection of intellectual property is important when building an organization´s IP strategy and implementing it in a practice. The entrepreneurs and individuals need to understand the basics of intellectual property (IP) law to best protect their property creations and ideas from an unfair advantage.
Seek professional guidance from an intellectual property attorney to help your company plan for success and avoid theft of ideas, designs, and other concepts.
some of the intellectual property that can be protected are:
Trademark
Patents
Copyrights
Some of the common ways to protect intellectual property are as follows
This IP Strategy Overview was presented at a conference of innovators at Georgia Tech's College of Architecture in October 2013. The goal of this presentation is to go beyond the usual lawyer-generated content to highlight not only the positive aspects of IP, but also to give a reality check as to the likely ROI of investment in protection. A basic overview of IP (patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets) is provided. Additionally, commonly overlooked forms of intangible asset value are presented. A case study of an innovation protection strategy is highlighted. Recommendations for business relevant IP and patent protection strategies are also included.
Intellectual Property is a Part of Social and Professional Issues in Computing. Intellectual Property relates to intangible creative work that is protected for the creator's use under the law as a patent, copyright, trademark, or trade secret. There are four types of protection in intellectual property Copyright, Patent, Trademark and Trade Secret.
Presentation given to the Chicago Lean Startup Circle on Dec. 1, 2011.
In a lean startup, getting product-to-market-fit is everything. Along the way, consider core IP issues to make sure your startup owns all of the value that you are adding. You can also have lean IP, just make sure you fully understand the implication of bootstrapping.
As always, consult with a lawyer if you have questions or concerns.
This short presentation provides innovators and entrepreneurs with an overview of the basics of patent and IP protection from a business perspective. The aim and goal is to introduce non-patent experts to topics that, when properly introduced into their organizations, can help reduce risk and maximize the return on innovation investment. Some myths are dispelled in the presentation, also.
Introduction to UK Intellectual Property LawJane Lambert
An introduction to UK IP law. Presented orginally to young entrepreneurs in Bradfrod last May. Explains how the law protects investment in brands, design, technology and creative works. Gives some useful tips.
Traklight Webinar with Shane Olafson and Kyle Siegal on Patent Dos and Don'ts...Traklight.com
A discussion of patent tips for startups, including:
- Carefully allocating precious startup funding
- Properly limiting disclosure of new products and concepts
- Understanding patent application timelines
- Knowing when a provisional application may be appropriate
Intellectual Property - why it matters for your business. This very short presentation provides an overview of IP rights and suggests some areas that you might want to look into for protection of these business assets.
Intellectual Property Protection for ProductsJeremy Horn
Slides Calvin Chu recently used in his discussion w/ mentees of The Product Mentor.
The Product Mentor is a program designed to pair Product Mentors and Mentees from around the World, across all industries, from start-up to enterprise, guided by the fundamental goals…Better Decisions. Better Products. Better Product People.
Throughout the program, each mentor leads a conversation in an area of their expertise that is live streamed and available to both mentee and the broader product community.
http://TheProductMentor.com
Intellectual Property for Start-Ups and Small Businesses: A Top 10 and Q & A Series. Wednesday, February 20th @ 11:45 - 1:15 - Presented by Jill Link. Location: Bozeman Public Library - Large Community Room
Introduction to IP for Business AdvisorsJane Lambert
Foundation for the later presentation \"Developing and IP Strategy\". Presentaiton discusses policy behind IP, IP strategy, sources of law and professional advisors.
Fonts, Licenses and Intellectual Property Law - Chicago Font SymposiumExtensis
Like any other piece of software, fonts are governed by licenses. As the premier legal authority on fonts and intellectual property, Frank Martinez Esq. of The Martinez Group shares how font licenses function, and how your organization can stay on the right side of the law with your licensing strategies.
Intellectual Property Issues with Online Contentandreweisenberg
Publishing content online and not sure how to protect your content or what content of others you can post? Come and learn the basics of patent, copyright, and trademark law and how it applies in an online setting. We will discuss misconceptions and pit falls related to intellectual property and posting content online. We will also discuss uses of intellectual property to protect your original content and branding efforts.
VSA Partners Font Management Case Study - Chicago Font SymposiumExtensis
VSA Partners is a large Chicago-based creative agency that provides creative services to many of the world’s top brands such as Facebook, Harley-Davidson, IBM and many more. Chris Stuart manages the font server that helps 300 users stay creative and productive in this fast-paced shop. In an interview with Extensis expert Jim Kidwell, Chris shares how he meets the varying needs of his creative teams, and how they are looking to evolve to meet future needs.
Presentation given to the Chicago Lean Startup Circle on Dec. 1, 2011.
In a lean startup, getting product-to-market-fit is everything. Along the way, consider core IP issues to make sure your startup owns all of the value that you are adding. You can also have lean IP, just make sure you fully understand the implication of bootstrapping.
As always, consult with a lawyer if you have questions or concerns.
This short presentation provides innovators and entrepreneurs with an overview of the basics of patent and IP protection from a business perspective. The aim and goal is to introduce non-patent experts to topics that, when properly introduced into their organizations, can help reduce risk and maximize the return on innovation investment. Some myths are dispelled in the presentation, also.
Introduction to UK Intellectual Property LawJane Lambert
An introduction to UK IP law. Presented orginally to young entrepreneurs in Bradfrod last May. Explains how the law protects investment in brands, design, technology and creative works. Gives some useful tips.
Traklight Webinar with Shane Olafson and Kyle Siegal on Patent Dos and Don'ts...Traklight.com
A discussion of patent tips for startups, including:
- Carefully allocating precious startup funding
- Properly limiting disclosure of new products and concepts
- Understanding patent application timelines
- Knowing when a provisional application may be appropriate
Intellectual Property - why it matters for your business. This very short presentation provides an overview of IP rights and suggests some areas that you might want to look into for protection of these business assets.
Intellectual Property Protection for ProductsJeremy Horn
Slides Calvin Chu recently used in his discussion w/ mentees of The Product Mentor.
The Product Mentor is a program designed to pair Product Mentors and Mentees from around the World, across all industries, from start-up to enterprise, guided by the fundamental goals…Better Decisions. Better Products. Better Product People.
Throughout the program, each mentor leads a conversation in an area of their expertise that is live streamed and available to both mentee and the broader product community.
http://TheProductMentor.com
Intellectual Property for Start-Ups and Small Businesses: A Top 10 and Q & A Series. Wednesday, February 20th @ 11:45 - 1:15 - Presented by Jill Link. Location: Bozeman Public Library - Large Community Room
Introduction to IP for Business AdvisorsJane Lambert
Foundation for the later presentation \"Developing and IP Strategy\". Presentaiton discusses policy behind IP, IP strategy, sources of law and professional advisors.
Fonts, Licenses and Intellectual Property Law - Chicago Font SymposiumExtensis
Like any other piece of software, fonts are governed by licenses. As the premier legal authority on fonts and intellectual property, Frank Martinez Esq. of The Martinez Group shares how font licenses function, and how your organization can stay on the right side of the law with your licensing strategies.
Intellectual Property Issues with Online Contentandreweisenberg
Publishing content online and not sure how to protect your content or what content of others you can post? Come and learn the basics of patent, copyright, and trademark law and how it applies in an online setting. We will discuss misconceptions and pit falls related to intellectual property and posting content online. We will also discuss uses of intellectual property to protect your original content and branding efforts.
VSA Partners Font Management Case Study - Chicago Font SymposiumExtensis
VSA Partners is a large Chicago-based creative agency that provides creative services to many of the world’s top brands such as Facebook, Harley-Davidson, IBM and many more. Chris Stuart manages the font server that helps 300 users stay creative and productive in this fast-paced shop. In an interview with Extensis expert Jim Kidwell, Chris shares how he meets the varying needs of his creative teams, and how they are looking to evolve to meet future needs.
Three of our customers shared the their approach to server-based font management at our Chicago Font Symposium. Representatives from Schawk, Publications International and Marketing Support Inc shared their experiences with Universal Type Server for managing their team's fonts. These are the slides from that presentation.
Chicago Font Symposium - The Evolution of Font ManagementExtensis
From the earliest days when the first fonts crawled out of the digital slurry, we’ve needed tools to round them up and whip them into shape. In this session, we’ll explore where we’ve been, the issues surrounding fonts in creative workflows, the current tools available, and how to explore your options.
As a startup team, you create something—whether it’s software, a domain name, business logistics or a reputation—that falls within a class protected by the law. Some classes are protected automatically. Others require going through a registration, application or examination process. Fenwick lawyers Stephen Gillespie and Christopher Joslyn discuss what intellectual property is, why it is important and hot-button issues startups commonly face.
IP: What Every Lawyer & Every Client Must Understand (Series: Intellectual Pr...Financial Poise
Intellectual property or “IP” is a term used to describe certain types of intangible property. Like other forms of property, such as real estate and personal property, IP can be owned, purchased or transferred. How ownership is determined differs according to the type of IP. This webinar discusses the importance of certainty in ownership of IP and how ownership of IP is entangled with areas of corporate law and employment law.
To view the accompanying webinar, go to: https://www.financialpoise.com/financial-poise-webinars/ip-what-every-lawyer-every-client-must-understand-2021/
This workshop, led by intellectual property attorney and founder of Smartup, Yuri Eliezer, will help you understand what options are available to secure your work and how you can cover all your bases at a reasonable cost. Attendees will leave with an understanding of the difference between patents, trademarks, and copyrights, how to protect their software, how to preserve their rights, and who owns their contributions.
IP - What Every Lawyer & Every Client Must Understand (Series: Intellectual P...Financial Poise
Intellectual property or “IP” is a term used to describe certain types of intangible property. Like other forms of property, such as real estate and personal property, IP can be owned, purchased or transferred. How ownership is determined differs according to the type of IP. This webinar discusses the importance of certainty in ownership of IP and how ownership of IP is entangled with areas of corporate law and employment law.
To listen to this webinar on-demand, go to: https://www.financialpoise.com/financial-poise-webinars/ip-what-every-lawyer-must-understand-2020/
Legal mistakes can doom even the best startup concepts and founding teams. This workshop prepares you with a legal road map to successfully safeguarding your product or idea. Yuri Eliezer, Founder and Patent Attorney at SmartUp, will show you how to reserve your Intellectual Property rights.
If there was a guidebook we could hand to inventors on the first day following the conception of their idea, this episode would be it.
When is it safe to talk about or sell your invention? How do you hedge against invalidation and rejection from competitor IP? How do you ensure you actually own your invention?
In this month’s episode, Dr. Ashley Sloat, President and Director of Patent Strategy at Aurora, leads a discussion along with our all star patent panel, exploring the most common patenting missteps taken by inventors and startups. The focus largely centers around three key areas:
1) Publicly disclosing your invention before you have filed a patent application.
2) Not searching to see if your invention or something similar already exists commercially or in publicly available resources.
3) Not carefully contracting with outside vendors and employees to make sure you own your invention.
The group highlights best practices for not making the mistakes in the first place and explores available remedial options should you already be in need of a rescue line.
Ashley is also joined today by our always exceptional group of IP experts including:
⦿ Kristen Hansen, Patent Strategist at Aurora
⦿ Ty Davis, Patent Strategy Associate at Aurora
⦿ David Jackrel, President of Jackrel Consulting
To introduce the importance of legal and regulatory issues to entrepreneurs
To consider the regulatory environments of the Asia–Pacific within which a new venture must exist
To examine intellectual property protection, including copyright, patents, trademarks and domain names
To recognise the important international protection regimes for intellectual property
To critically examine the IP practices of Asia–Pacific countries
To compare the common legal forms of business organisation in the Asia–Pacific, such as sole proprietorship, partnership and corporation
To be aware of the signals that foreshadow insolvency and bankruptcy
To examine the trend for environmental regulations that will affect business entrepreneurship
This chapter has a broad remit in considering the four types of legal and regulatory challenges that entrepreneurs will face in the Asia–Pacific region. We begin with a look at the various regulatory regimes that make up ease of doing business, from starting a company to closing it down. We then examine one of the most critical aspects for entrepreneurs: how to protect your intellectual property. Equally important is to then consider under what legal form to incorporate the firm. Finally, we look at regulations concerning climate change and global warming, regulations that are becoming increasingly troublesome for entrepreneurs. In typical legalistic style, we do need to note that the Asia–Pacific region includes many different countries and the scope of this text is limited to general knowledge. For specific information on legal matters particular to a country and your venture always seek the advice of appropriately qualified professional persons knowledgeable about the jurisdiction of your operations.
3. Agenda
• Intellectual Property (IP) type breakdown: Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks, and Trade
Secrets
• IP rights in a startup’s life cycle
• The dangers of not protecting IP and using other’s IP without securing rights
• Protecting one’s IP
• Securing IP rights through licensing and collaboration
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4. Why Care About Intellectual Property and Licensing?
Offensive:
Secure Rights and Build Value
Defensive:
Avoid infringement, misappropriation and dispute
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5. Categories of Intellectual Property
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Trade Secrets Trademarks
Copyrights Patents
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6. Trade Secrets : The Protection
• Information which is not generally known or reasonably ascertainable that allows a
business to obtain an advantage (usually economic) over competitors or others
• A company can only protect is trade secret as long as it is kept confidential
• Examples: formula, source code,
manufacturing process, customer list
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7. Trade Secrets : The Limitation
• Maintenance of secrecy (marking documents, implementing security procedures (sign-in,
badges, firewalls)
• Reverse engineering and independent development
• General knowledge and skills of employees (residuals and know-how)
• Once disclosed the trade secret is no longer protected
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8. Copyrights: The Protection
• Copyright is a form of protection grounded in the U.S. Constitution and granted by law
for original works of authorship fixed in a tangible medium of expression. Copyright
covers both published and unpublished works.
• Exclusive rights: to copy, sell, import or export, create derivative works (works that adapt
the original work), perform or display
• Copyright may apply to a wide range of creative, intellectual, or artistic forms, or "works”
such as plays, movies, audio recordings, photographs and software
• Deciding to register the copyright
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9. Copyrights: The Limitation
• Copyright does not protect facts, ideas, systems, or methods of operation
• Independent creation
• Limited time for protection
• Changing technology and fair use exception
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10. Trademarks: The Protection
• A trademark is a brand name.
• A trademark or service mark includes any word, name, symbol, device, or any
combination, used or intended to be used to identify and distinguish the goods/services of
one seller or provider from those of others, and to indicate the source of the goods/
services.
• Although federal registration of a mark is not mandatory, it has several advantages,
including notice to the public of the registrant's claim of ownership of the mark, legal
presumption of ownership
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11. Trademarks: The Limitation
• Loss of trademark, the generic problem
• Trade erosion
• Carving out industry specific trademarks
• Protection overseas
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12. Patents: The Protection
• Subject matter: apparatus, process, methods, design patents
• How to obtain: file an application (provisional vs. non-provisional) with the USPTO
• Disclosure, statutory bars to patents, deadlines, timeliness, and filing date
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13. Patents: The Limitation
• Patent protection is the right to exclude not a right to practice
• The importance of timing (when to file and how long it takes)
• High cost to secure patent rights
• Costs to enforce patent rights and difficulties in enforcing patent rights once the
patents are granted
• One patent may not be enough
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14. Intellectual Property Life Cycle and Issues
• Founders (Assignments)
• Employees (Employment, assignment, non-compete)
• Consultants (Consulting agreements)
• University/Former Employers (Employment agreements)
• Products and services
• In-licenses, out-licenses and acquisitions
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15. • Dangers of not protecting one’s IP
» Cannot operate
» Losing money
• Dangers of not securing IP rights
» Financial disputes
» Criminal prosecution
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