GDEV 5050 - Invention and Technology Commercialization: IP Mgmt for Scientists, Engineers, and Entrepreneurs

Fall. 3 credits. Student option grading.

Co-meets with GDEV 4050.

R. Cahoon.

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: Factor intellectual assets and their 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.