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IAP 2014 Activities by Sponsor - Technology Licensing Office

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Basics of Copyright and Software Intellectual Property

Daniel Dardani

Jan/14 Tue 12:00PM-01:30PM 3-133

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/14

Ever wanted to pen a novel or code a video game? Maybe you are an artist or architect? Copyright law affects musicians, photographers, and software developers alike. As such, copyrights offer unique and fun protection for your works of authorship created while at MIT. Join Dan Dardani, Technology Licensing Officer and Coordinator of Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Game Lab in an overview of the copyright -- its history, use, and relevance to the MIT Community as a form of intellectual property. We will explore the nature of originality, doctrine of fair use, how copyrights mesh with the digital age, and more. All are welcomed.  Please register at: http://tlo.mit.edu/iapevents

Sponsor(s): Technology Licensing Office
Contact: Kikuyu Daniels, NE18-501, 617 253-6966, KDANIELS@MIT.EDU


Basics of Obtaining a Patent

Howard Silver, MIT Libraries, Jack Turner, Technology Licensing Office

Jan/29 Wed 02:00PM-03:30PM 4-163

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/29
Limited to 60 participants

Come and hear Jack Turner, Associate Director of the MIT Technology Licensing Office and patent attorney Sam Pasternak discuss the ins and outs of obtaining patents. This popular session covers a bit of patent history and a lot about current practices, processes, and issues surrounding obtaining a patent; the focus is on the process used at MIT for ideas/inventions developed by the MIT community. A portion of the session is devoted to questions and answers. If you think you will ever invent something, you need to be here.

 

Please Register for this session.

Sponsor(s): Libraries, Technology Licensing Office
Contact: Howard Silver, 14S-134, 617 253-9319, HSILVER@MIT.EDU


Patent Searching Fundamentals

Howard Silver

Jan/14 Tue 04:00PM-05:00PM 14N-132 (DIRC)
Jan/24 Fri 12:00PM-01:00PM 14N-132 (DIRC)

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/24
Limited to 30 participants
Attendance: Repeating event, particpants welcome at any session

You won’t come out of this session qualified to be a patent attorney, but you will be able to successfully find patent references from all over the world and know how to obtain patent text and diagrams. The session will be a hands-on practicum that will help de-mystify the patent literature and expose attendees to key resources for finding patents.

Please register for one session:

January 14, 4:00-5:00 pm

January 24, 12:00-1:00 pm

Sponsor(s): Libraries, Technology Licensing Office
Contact: Howard Silver, 14S-134, 617 253-9319, HSILVER@MIT.EDU


Protect your Invention & Turn it Into a Startup!

Christopher Noble

Jan/15 Wed 12:00PM-01:30PM 3-133

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/15

 You've invented something really cool. Now can you protect it and create a company around it? Come and hear Christopher Noble, Technology Licensing Officer of the MIT Technology Licensing Office.  Learn How and When to file a patent (and if you need to); how your startup can spin the invention out from MIT and get that coveted “exclusive license”; how MIT’s Technology Licensing Office can help you (and what they want from you); and what your investors are looking for when they ask the question: “Tell me about your IP”. Please register at: http://tlo.mit.edu/iapevents

Sponsor(s): Technology Licensing Office
Contact: Kikuyu Daniels, NE18-501, 617 253-6966, KDANIELS@MIT.EDU