ECE362 Principles of Design Intellectual Property Page 1

Development Grant = $$$ Product Development Product Idea Product Specifications Test Plan Stage 1 – Product Idea, Product Specifications, & Test Plan Intellectual Property Technical Model Business Model Stage 2 – Intellectual Property, Technical & Business Models Market Analysis Project Management Scheduling Stage 3 – Mkt Analysis, Project Management, & Scheduling Stage 4 – Budget, Social Impact & Proposal Completion Budget & Resources Social Impact Personnel Qualifications Development Grant = $$$ Page 2

Intellectual Property RHIT Intellectual Property Agreement Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights Trade Secrets Page 3

RHIT IP Policy RHIT makes no claim on IP generated by student projects for courses conducted as part of a course. RHIT resources used outside of class work may give RHIT IP claim. RHIT employees and students agree to IP policy by virtue of employment and enrollment. Page 4

Patents Intended to provide incentive for effort and expense of invention. In exchange for public disclosure, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office grants an exclusive rights to an inventor for a period of 17 years. Patented inventions can be used by others through licensing and royalty arrangements. Page 5

Patents New, non-obvious, and useful. Specifications (including claims and drawings as needed) and an oath. First to invent, not first to file. Patent searches automated over web. Patent regulations differ throughout the world. No world-wide, universal patent. Page 6

To Patent or not to Patent? Patents offer IP protection through the legal system. Attorneys are needed to defend a patent. A large corporation can out-maneuver a small company and tie up decisions in litigation for many years. Patents may not be useful for product with short life < time for patent grant. Page 7

Poor Folk’s Patents Inventor’s Notebook - Document the details of your idea, date, sign, and witnessed. Send a copy of product technical description, date, signed and witnessed to yourself in order to have the official postmark to verify the date. Page 8

Trade Secrets Patent may be too time consuming considering the product life time No protection offered by legal system Corporate security Corporate espionage/Reverse engineering Non-disclosure agreements Page 9

Copyrights Artistic Expression Written articles, recorded music, software Recent legislation and judicial decisions put into a state of “chaos” DMCA Anti-DMCA Fair Use Page 10

Assignments TEAM ASSIGNMENT - Draft 1 – HLD and PDS of Potential Project due on Friday, December 12. INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT – CPR on Intellectual Property begins on Friday, Dec 12, Complete by Monday, December 15. TEAM ASSIGNMENT – 2nd Draft PDS of Team Project due Tuesday, December 16. TEAM ASSIGNMENT – Annotated IP search for Team Project due Friday, December 19. Page 11