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Protecting Technology
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Attention New York Engineers:
This course cannot be taken to fulfill your
continuing education requirements in the state of New York since the course does
not address either federal/national or New York State laws and regulations that
apply specifically to engineering.
For more information, check the
New
York State Board Requirements.
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Cheng-Ning Jong, P.E. and
Tracy P. Jong, Esq.
Overview
Imagine you've invented a great new widget that
increases the efficiency of your bicycle manufacturing plant by 25%. Now
you're able to undersell the competition and still make a handsome profit.
What should you do next? Should you keep the invention a secret within
your company? But, how do you ensure that one of your workers doesn't sell
your widget idea to a competitor. Maybe you should patent your widget?
But, then your competition will find out about your secret weapon. They
may be able to copy or imitate your design. Perhaps you should get a
patent and license out the technology to your competitors. If they're
going to steal it anyway, are you better off selling it to them first?
The know-how to produce a product or a service in
a manner that sets a company apart from its competitors is a proprietary
advantage that must be protected for continued success. In this course,
you will learn how to protect the technology that you develop. This course
will cover basic corporate intellectual property programs, the use of
confidentiality agreements, considerations in determining whether to patent or
maintain technology as a trade secret, protection of trade secrets, and proper
record keeping for inventors. You will also learn key concepts about
patents, including how to identify potentially patentable assets, impediments to
obtaining patent protection and key aspects about patent ownership and
exploitation.
The student must take a multiple-choice quiz consisting of twenty (20) questions at
the end of this course to earn PDH credits.
Specific Knowledge or Skill Attained
This course teaches the following specific knowledge and
skills:
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Corporate intellectual property protection programs
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How to identify potentially patentable assets
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Considerations in determining whether to patent or maintain technology as a
trade secret
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What a patent will and won't do for you
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Inventor's record keeping
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Corporate security considerations in maintaining trade secrets
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Important bars to patentability
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Key aspects of patent ownership for the employer
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The use of confidentiality agreements
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Patent ownership, licensing and assignments
Course
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