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ECE362 Principles of Design Intellectual Property Product Development Product Idea Product Specifications Test Plan Stage 1 – Product Idea, Product Specifications, & Test Plan Intellectual Property Technical Model Business Model
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ECE362Principles of Design Intellectual Property Page 1
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 Projectdue 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