IP in a nutshell

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Steps to protect ownership of IP
  • filled circle Employee agreements: secure invention assignments
  • filled circle Confidentiality agreements
  • filled circle Records: keep proper laboratory documentation that supports your ownership and dates of invention
  • filled circle Material transfer agreements: limit the ways in which your partners can use the biological samples you supply

    Technology audit: know what is yours
  • filled circle Identify key developments, products, processes, know-how, and trade secrets
  • filled circle Identify your core technologies that require protection
  • filled circle Learn what can be protected and what cannot
  • filled circle Identify the intellectual property you need that is, or may be, owned by others
  • filled circle Recognize which aspects of your core technology are in the public domain

    Build and maintain a valuable IP portfolio
  • filled circle Match your strategic goals with your proprietary rights
  • filled circle Claim early, claim often, and update patent applications
  • filled circle Go for quality over quantity when pursuing patent claims
  • filled circle Remember that the scope of your rights equates with value
  • filled circle Learn to recognize and avoid infringement of others' rights
  • filled circle Conduct clearance searches, and survey the literature, published patents, and patent applications
  • filled circle Identify and pursue revenue from licensing and partnering
  • filled circle Do not overlook copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets

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