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Patent Inventorship | IP series 21 of 62

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Channel: Michigan Engineering · 2014 · Education

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Intellectual Property for Start Ups
This series of videos, designed to assist entrepreneurs during their start up period, covers over 60 topics, including patents, copyrights and trademarks. The videos were designed to help guide startups through the important basic concepts of intellectual property.  

About the Professor: Professor Bryce C. Pilz (http://www.law.umich.edu/FacultyBio/Pages/FacultyBio.aspx?FacID=bpilz) is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Law in the Entrepreneurship Clinic (http://www.law.umich.edu/clinical/entrepreneurshipclinic/Pages/default.aspx) at the University of Michigan represents tech startups concerning intellectual property, incorporation, and financing matters. Prior to joining the Law School, Pilz practiced at Kirkland & Ellis LLP in the firm's intellectual property practice and clerked for Judge Amy J. St. Eve in the Northern District of Illinois.  Most recently, he served as Associate General Counsel at the University of Michigan, where he worked with the Office of Technology Transfer on startups and licensing. 

Pilz was part of a team that spun-out more than 60 tech startups and entered into more than 500 technology licenses over a five-year period. Pilz also assisted in the creation of the University's Venture Accelerator at the North Campus Research Complex and advised the Center for Entrepreneurship on student entrepreneurship matters. Prof. Pilz has also served as a National Science Foundation I-Corps mentor and teaches in the University's Master of Entrepreneurship program.


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I. Introduction


1 • Overview of startup intellectual property issues 
2 • Overview of categories of intellectual property 


II. Patents


 A. An Overview of Patent Rights


3 • Overview of patent system 
4 • Patent remedies and why to patent 
5 • Anatomy of a patent 
6 • What are patent rights? 
7 • Patent term -- How long does a patent last? 


 B. What Can Be Patented


8 • Patentability and eligibility overview 
9 • Patent eligibility -- What inventions are eligible for patent protection
10 • Patentability: Novelty 
11 • What is Prior Art 
12 • Patentability: Obviousness 
13 • Patentability: Written description and enablement 
14 • Public Disclosure Issues 


 C. Obtaining a Patent


15 • Patent application process 
16 • Provisional patent applications 
17 • Selecting a patent attorney 
18 • International patent protection 
19 • Continuation patents 
20 • Invention reporting: mining for inventions 


 D. Patent Inventorship and Ownership


21 • Patent inventorship 
22 • Joint inventorship 
23 • joint ownership 
24 • Patent ownership 
25 • Patent licensing 
26 • University tech transfer 
27 • Past employment issues 


 E. Design Patents


28 • Overview of design patents


 F. Patent Infringement and Litigation


29 • Enforcing patent rights 
30 • Freedom to operate 
31 • Claim construction and claim charts 
32 • Desiging around the patent of another 
33 • Defending against patent assertion 
34 • Willfulness 
35 • Invalidating third party patents 
36 • Retaining patent litigation counsel 


III. Copyright


A. What copyright protects


37 • Copyright Overview 
38 • Idea/Expression 
39 • Copyright registration
40 • User interface issues
41 • Software: patents v. copyrights


B. Copyright ownership


42 • Works for hire
43 • Joint authorship
44 • Authorship compared to patent inventorship


 C. Avoiding copyright infringement


45 • Fair use
46 • Open source software
47 • Reverse engineering
48 • User generated content and DMCA take downs


IV. Trademarks


 A. Obtaining trademark protection


49 • Trademark overview
50 • Trademark registration
51 • Distinctiveness: selecting a strong name


 B. Clearing your company or product name


52 • Performing an initial trademark clearance
53 • Likelihood of confusion


 C. Using trademarks of others


54 • Nominal and fair use
55 • Intermediate trademark uses


V. Trade Secrets


 A. Protecting your trade secrets


X 56 • Overview of trade secrets 
X 57 • Trade secret policies
58 • Enforcing trade secrets
59 • Disclosing secrets under nondisclosure agreements


 B. Avoiding infringing others' trade secrets


60 • Hiring personnel
61 • Noncompete agreements
62 • Obtaining information pursuant to nondisclosure agreements

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