Management of IPRs

Management of IPRs

1 Overview of Intellectual Property Management

  1. Concept of IP Management
  2. History of Patent Management
  3. History of Brand Management
  4. Importance of Intellectual Property Assets
  5. Intellectual Capital Management Movement
  6. Concept of Hidden Assets

2 Economics of Intellectual Property

  1. Economic of Patents
  2. Creativity and Economic Growth
  3. IPRs as Source of Economic Value
  4. Changing Concepts in IPRs Values
  5. Growth of IP Activity
  6. Intellectual Property Rights and Economic Development
  7. Invention and Innovation Differentiated
  8. Economic Nature of IPRs
  9. Economic Theory and Approaches to IPRs

3 Stages in Intellectual Property Asset Creation

  1. Conception of an Idea
  2. Present Day Inventors
  3. The Difference Between an Idea and an Invention
  4. Actual Method of Inventing
  5. Stages from Mind to Patent

4 Financing of Intellectual Property

  1. Financing of Intellectual Property
  2. Valuation of Intellectual Property Assets
  3. Role of Intellectual Property in Financing
  4. Challenges in Financing IP
  5. Government and IP Financing

5 Theories and Approaches – IP Valuation

  1. Importance of IP Valuation
  2. Reasons for Evaluating IP
  3. Uses for IP Valuation
  4. When Valuation of IP is Required?
  5. Theoretical Approaches to Valuation
  6. Qualitative Evaluation Approach
  7. Quantitative Evaluation Approach
  8. Econometric Approaches to Patent Valuation
  9. Evaluation of Value Indicators: IP Score
  10. Types of Valuation Methods

6 IP Valuation – Methods of Patent Valuation

  1. Why Value Patents?
  2. Patent Suits and Patent Damages
  3. When Patent Valuation is Required?
  4. Who Needs Patent Evaluation?
  5. Popular Methods of Patent Valuation
  6. Econometric Methods of Patent Valuation
  7. Methods to Monetize Patent
  8. Patent Value Predictor Model

7 Intellectual Property Audit

  1. Definition of IP Audit
  2. Intellectual Property Audit Team
  3. When to Conduct an Intellectual Property Audit
  4. Key Areas of IP Audit
  5. Benefits of an Intellectual Property Audit

8 Concept of Intellectual Property and Commercialization

  1. IPR as Natural Rights or Social Privilege
  2. Evolution of Patent Rights
  3. Scientific Property to Commercialization
  4. Restrictions on Patenting of Drugs
  5. Scientific Theories and Invalidation of Patent
  6. Scientific Principles and Patentability
  7. Scientific Discoveries and Utility
  8. Patent Controversy
  9. Commercialization of Intellectual Property in 20th Century
  10. Abuse of Patent Rights and Compulsory Licensing

9 Type of Licensing

  1. What is a License?
  2. The License as Contract
  3. The License as Business Relationship
  4. Inward-Licensing and Outward-Licensing
  5. Voluntary License and Non Voluntary License
  6. Exclusive License Non Exclusive or Sole Licenses
  7. Types of Intellectual Property Licenses
  8. Non-Voluntary or Compulsory Licensing

10 Portfolio Development and Licensing/Cross Licensing

  1. Purpose of Patent Portfolio
  2. Benefits of a Patent Portfolio
  3. Types of Patent Tactics
  4. Licensing
  5. Cross Licensing

11 Royalties for Licensing

  1. Types of Licensing Practices
  2. Royalty Defined
  3. Fixing Royalty Rates
  4. Types of Royalty Payments
  5. Royalty Rate Assessment

12 IP Strategy – Patent Strategies

  1. Defensive Patent Strategy
  2. Offensive Patent Strategy
  3. Transactional Patent Strategy
  4. Patent Trolls

13 Patent Mapping / Data Mining / Freedom to Operate

  1. Definitions
  2. Patent Mapping / Patent Landscaping
  3. Objective of Patent Mapping
  4. Purpose of Patent Mapping
  5. Patent Landscape Search
  6. Difference between Patent Searching and Patent Landscaping
  7. Patent Data Mining
  8. Freedom to Operate (FTO)

14 IP and Standards Patent Pools

  1. History
  2. Standards Defined
  3. Purpose of Standardization
  4. Benefits of Standards
  5. Drawbacks of Standards
  6. Patent Pools
  7. Concerns Over Patents Standards and Trade

15 Open Source

  1. History
  2. Freeware and Free Software
  3. Need for Free Software Distribution
  4. Free Software Movement
  5. Difference Between Free Software and Proprietary Software
  6. Philosophy Behind Open Source Movement
  7. The Open Source Definition (OSD)
  8. Examples of Open Source Software Products
  9. Terms Used in Open Source Definitions
  10. Free Software Foundation vs. Open Source Initiative
  11. Impact of Free/Libre/Open Source Software on Innovation