Intellectual Property Fundamentals for the Technologist

Today, more than ever, technologists need to be aware of the basics of intellectual property law and the broad effects it has on decisions you make every day. There is a prevalent myth that if something is available on the Internet, it must be free to copy and use as we please. Nothing could be further from the truth. In this session, we will cover some of the core principles of IP. Become a better informed technologist and gain the confidence to discuss these topics with your professional advisors and with your own team.

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1. #ipFundamentals I N T E L L E C T U A L P R O P E R T Y F O R D E V S @ j e f f r e y s t r a u ss
2. lawyer
3. lawyer *but not your lawyer
4. lawyer *but not a patent lawyer
5. some basics
6. “ What is intellectual property?
7. “What is property?
8. rights & obligations
9. rights POSSESSION CONTROL EXCLUSION ENJOYMENT DISPOSITION
10. obligations LEGALITY NON-INTERFERENCE CONTRACTUAL
11. “ What is intellectual property?
14. protections COPYRIGHT TRADEMARK PATENT TRADE SECRETS
15. copyright
16. authorship
17. Mr and Mrs Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much. They were the last people you'd expected to be involved in anything strange of mysterious, because they just didn't hold with such nonsense. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone J.K. Rowling, 1997 CHAPTER 1: THE BOY WHO LIVED
19. The Drunkard Marc Chagall, 1912
20. #!/bin/bash echo Hello World, I'm speaking now! tar -cZf /var/my-ip-talk.tgz /home/me echo Done!
21. expression of ideas
22. any medium
23. automatic
24. © 2019
25. registration
26. trademark
27. identity
28. goods & services
35. automatic
36. automatic *once used in commerce
37. TM / SM
38. registration
39. ®
40. patent
41. invention
42. invention USEFUL NEW NOT OBVIOUS DESCRIBED
43. invention ELIGIBILITY
44. no prior disclosure
45. not automatic
46. uspto
47. first to file
48. patents UTILITY DESIGN PLANT
49. patents UTILITY DESIGN PLANT
51. reverse engineering
52. independent discovery
53. patents UTILITY DESIGN PLANT
56. trade secrets
57. advantage •
58. unregistered
59. no public notice
60. requires SECRET INFO COMMERCIAL VALUE PROTECTIONS
61. confidentiality & non-disclosure
62. misappropriation
63. getting rights
64. “Hey, I found this thing on Google!
65. infringement
66. infringement != plagiarism
67. fair use doctrine
68. fair use COPYRIGHT TRADEMARK
70. fair use COPYRIGHT TRADEMARK
71. expiration
72. assignment
73. seller → buyer
74. license
75. licensor ⇢ licensee
76. license EXCLUSIVITY TERM RESTRICTIONS
77. license OPEN SOURCE PROPRIETARY COMMERCIAL
78. W H E R E T O G O F R O M H E R E be informed
79. consider practices
80. empower
81. #ipFundamentals jeffrey.s.strauss@gmail.com @ j e f f r e y s t r a u ss