Intellectual Property Strategy

Creating Advantage Advantage

Created by: Stephen Di Biase
Co-Founder and Director at VentureForge, LLC

What Will I Learn?

• Identify the types of Intellectual Property available to the Firm such as patents, trade secrets, know-how, copy rights, trade marks etc and when and how to use them effectively.
• Use the various types of agreements for protecting the Firm’s Intellectual Property such as Confidentiality Agreements (CDAs), Non-disclosure agreements (NDAs), joint development agreements (JDAs), etc
• Use patents as the cornerstone of the Intellectual Property strategy
• Use proven Intellectual Property management processes and the roles played by various parts of the Firm (e.g., sales, marketing, R&D, manufacturing etc.)
• Identify the tactics for beating the competition using the Firm’s Intellectual Property strategies with mini-case study examples.
• Understand the value of “Intellectual Property Masters” externally sourced or found within the Firm.

Requirements

• No prior intellectual property experience is required.
• Do you already have an idea for a great product or service? That is a plus, but it is not required prior to enrolling in the course.

Target audience

• Anyone part of a startup
• Any innovator thinking about creating a startup
• Entrepreneur
• Intellectual property manager in corporation