IP training for entrepreneurs
If you would like to brush up on your IP skills or are new to IP and would like to hear about the latest developments, look no further. A distinguished team at Columbia Technology Ventures (CTV), one of our members, has offered this course entirely for free.
Intellectual property (patents, copyrights, trademarks) are an increasingly critical part of almost any business, at almost any stage of growth. This course provides the aspiring business executive, entrepreneur, or scientist an overview of commercial opportunities and risks associated with intellectual property, with a particular focus on technology patents. While legal principles are addressed, the primary focus of the class is on leveraging intellectual property for business advantage.
The course is taught by Orin Herskowitz, Senior VP of Intellectual Property and Tech Transfer for Columbia University and Executive Director of Columbia Technology Ventures (CTV), and Jeffrey Sears, Associate General Counsel and Chief Patent Counsel for Columbia University, with assistance from Connolly Jurkiewicz, Marketing Manager of CTV.
Guest speakers include Joseph Ellis, Elisa Konofagou, Duane Valz, Luis Mejia, Elizabeth Dougherty, Yaron Daniely, Bertrand Adanve, Ph.D, Marc Singer, Ann Weber, Jaykumar Menon, Nina Tandon, and Camille Samuels.
Class 1: Patent history from 1770s to today; Why claims matter; Prosecution strategy.
Class 2: Trade secrets, trademarks & copyrights; Patent research; Making “real world” patent decisions.
Class 3: Patent litigation: risks and rewards; Negotiating IP licensing deals.
Class 4: Review negotiation case study outcomes; Common negotiation tactics in IP deals.
Class 5: Guest speaker from USPTO; Designing your IP strategy; Working with outside counsel; Career paths in patent law and tech transfer.
Class 6: USPTO Director Andrei Iancu; Lightning interviews with VCs and Entrepreneurs.
The link has all six class sessions, as well as the pre-course ‘Patents, Licensing, and Startups at Columbia’ video and Former USPTO Director Andrei Iancu's lecture - about 20 hours in all!
The syllabus for the course is available here.
Viewers may want to start with the CTV ‘Patents, Licensing, and Startups at Columbia’ video for helpful background context.
This course was taught via Zoom at Columbia University, Fall 2020.