On completion of this course, students should be able to:
- Differentiate between the various categories of IP protection
- Explain how rights on patents, trade marks, copyright, designs and trade secrets arise and describe the legal and administrative procedures for obtaining protection for them
- Identify the most appropriate option for protection of IP rights for the innovation process or product concerned
- Indicate different ways of generating revenue using IP, including different business models for exploiting IP
- Use their own knowledge for obtaining protection for IP rights
- Make their own searches for IP rights in relevant databases
- Explain the importance of performing IP assessments in the current economic environment
- Anticipate some of the issues which they may come across in their future career or future research projects, such as assessing IP, ownership of IP, etc.
- Find IP information and understand its value as a source of technical and strategic information
- Identify and differentiate between acts of infringement relating to the principal categories of IPRs
- Determine whether a design qualifies for IP protection and setting up an IP-based business.