PLBRG 4050 - Invention and Technology Commercialization: IP Management for Scientists, Engineers, & Entrepreneurs

(crosslisted) IARD 4050
(OPHLS-AG)

Fall (nine weeks). 3 credits. Student option grading.

Enrollment is limited to: seniors and graduate students.

R. Cahoon, A. F. Krattiger, V. Vijayaraghavan.

Covers statutory protection (copyright, trademarks, patents, plant variety protection), contracts (from material transfer to licensing), management of IP (e.g., freedom-to-operate, valuation, genetic resources, trade, and marketing), and negotiation. Emphasizes technology transfer and international aspects. The course is particularly relevant to students interested in science management, technology transfer, international agriculture, and business.

Outcome 1: Gain knowledge to factor intellectual assets and its impact through technology transfer, value intellectual assets and understand the process of their transfer and gain exposure to the global trends in technology transfer including the negotiation and transaction execution process.