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/mot/

COURSE SCHEDULE (March 26, 2002)  

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

09:00 - 10:00  Mike Volker: IPM Intro Talk and [slides]
10:00 - 11:00  Michael Roman, Workshop on Patent Strategies [slides-ppt]
11:00 - 11:30  Warren Nimchuk, Don Furney, PwC: "Top Ten Tax Tips" [slides]
11:30 - 12:00  Peter van Bodegom, PwC: "Professional Advisor Relationships"

Lunch Break

1:00 - 2:00 Sean Irvine, Intellectual Asset Management [notes1][notes2]
2:00 - 2:45 Gavin Manning: How to avoid having worthless IP
2:45 - 3:30 Dave Varty: Trademarks Primer [notes]
3:30 - 4:15 Pierre Leduc, CEO, Neurostream (ex-Xillix): "Working in the Trenches"
4:15 - 5:00 Ron Simmer: Competitive Intelligence - patent portfolio

LINKS:

Mike's Business Website: http://www.sfu.ca/~mvolker/biz/
Refer to http://www.sfu.ca/~mvolker/biz/ipm.htm for notes & links
World Intellectual Property Organization: http://www.wipo.intLicensing Executives Society: http://www.les.org
Price Waterhouse Coopers, [Lifecycle site]
Agreements, Business Forms, etc: NDA Forms
Canadian Intellectual Property Office:
    Guide to Patents 
    Guide toTrademarks 
    Guide to Copyrights 
Catalyst-Law: IP Management
Lang Michener: Executive Briefing Guide
Davis & Company: Newsletters
CATA - Info on SREDs

Misc Articles:

PATSCAN Publication
Fortune, 21May01: The Patent King  
Canadian Inventors
FP: 18May01 - RIM moves to keep rivals' paws off its BlackBerry
FP: 4Jul01 - Patents not left around pending (not online)
FP: 5Jul01 - Mitel Puts Student Ideas to work
(to access the Financial Post articles - enter "Patents" in the SEARCH box.)

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