GDEV 4050

Invention and IP Management

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

The course lays out the process of managing inventions, including evaluation and conversion into IP and tangible biological property assets; includes Inventiveness Analysis, development of a “Property Control Position” (IP and bioproperty), market applications, and Value Proposition Analysis. Intellectual property strategy development, and alternatives for commercialization and implementation pathways also covered. Emphasis is on practical aspects of IP protection (patents, trade secrets, copyrights, plant breeder’s rights, and tangible personal bioproperty for new product development and venture creation. Technology transfer and international aspects described. The course is particularly relevant to students interested in the intersection of innovative technology management, IP and contract law, and business development. The use of invention and the Property Control Position for economic and global development are reviewed.

Distribution Requirements (OPHLS-AG)

Last 4 terms offered (None)

Outcomes REF-FA25

• Factor intellectual assets and their impact through technology transfer, value intellectual assets and understand the process of their transfer and gain exposure to the global trends in technology transfer including the negotiation and transaction execution process.

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