Business Basics for Engineers by  Mike Volker

MOT/MBA Intellectual Property Seminar Contact: Mike Volker, Tel:(604)644-1926 mike@volker.org Website for this document: http://www.sfu.ca/~mvolker/biz/ipm.htm

COURSE SCHEDULE (June-July 2000)

Goal:
    To introduce intellectual property management concepts and strategies.
    To provide some resources and contacts for future reference.

June 10

1:30 - 2:30  Mike Volker IPM Intro Talk and [slides]
3:00 - 4:30  Michael Roman, Workshop on Patent Strategies [pdf file] or [ppt slides].

June 24

1:30 - 2:30 MV Intro Cont'd
2:30 - 3:30 Karen Corraini, McCarthy Tetrault: Due Diligence on an IP firm
                    (see email from Karen - offering additional resources)
3:30 - 4:30 Herb Regehr, Bull, Housser & Tupper: TMs & Internet Domain Names
 

July 8

1:30 - 2:00 MV (video on the PTO, handouts from CIPO, etc)
2:00 - 2:45 Christina Diles, Deloitte & Touche, IP Tax matters
2:45 - 3:30 Ron Simmer Competitive Intelligence - patent portfolio
3:30 - 4:15 Bruce Schmidt, IGT Pharma (no notes)

LINKS:
 

Mike's Business Website: http://www.sfu.ca/~mvolker/biz/
Refer to http://www.sfu.ca/~mvolker/biz/ipm.htm for notes & links
Lang Michener: Executive Briefing Guide

Misc Resources:

Agreements, Business Forms, etc: NDA Forms
 

Contact: Mike Volker: 644-1926, mvolker@sfu.ca