Competitive and Technical Intelligence ToolBox

1. Patents, Copyrights, and the Law of Intellectual Property 2. Managing the Innovation Process 3. Managing Innovation: Emerging Trends 4. New Global Agenda: Exploring 21st Century Challenges through Innovations in Information Technologies 5. Technology Strategy 6. Introduction to the History of Technology 7. Innovative Businesses and Breakthrough Technologies - The Legal Issues 8. Inventions and Patents There are other Management courses from Sloan School of Management (MIT)

IPEstonia Toolbar is cool toolbar, I think must for all patent professional. * Links to meta patent search engines and other IP information search tools * Intellectual property news-feeds * Links to IP Event calendars ---------------------------------------------- This is the world of technology and persons need to be certified in technology. Preparation for technological certification is laborious and difficult. Ready made materials and exams preparation tools like EE0-511 and capacity building study materials like 642-426 may help you in preparing for the best results. Exam resources like VCP-310 help build your confidence for going through the certification exams to get an online degree .

It takes 12 years on average for an experimental drug to travel from lab to medicine chest. Only five in 5,000 compounds that enter preclinical testing make it to human testing. One of these five tested in people is approved. Read full article

Indian Patent Agent Examination notification is up by Indian Patent Office. Examination dates are 26th and 27th Nov. 2007. The last date for sending the application is 5th Nov. 2007. Link to notification Have a look at the Patent Agent Tutorial Page for more information and study guidelines.

Researchers engaged in competitive intelligence,knowledge management, patent research, often involve in gathering, delivery and application of quality information to make it into actionable intelligence for sound decision-making. The process is complex, and requires expert knowledge and professional competence through a number of steps to ensure quality results. Gaulin's 8 A's of information might help you out.. The 8 A's OF INFORMATION ARTICULATING the information need ANTICIPATING information needs (Prism Thinking) AWARENESS of information resources (Spheres of Information) ACCESS to the information resources ACQUIRING the information ASSIMILATING the information APPLYING the information ASSESSING the information's impact Read Full article

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