Introduction to Intellectual Property

Did you know OIST has more than 90 awarded patents?

Intellectual Property (IP) is part of your everyday creative activities. This introductory seminar will give a basic idea of IP and will also cover an overview of how OIST protects and promote our IP. 

Everyone is welcome.

I.  Introduction to intellectual Property (60 min)

• Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks, and Trade Secrets
• Commercialization Considerations
• Practical Examples

Guest Speaker: Chris Tanner, Patent Attorney, FYPA, PLLC

Guest Speaker BIO: Chris Tanner is an experienced intellectual property attorney based in Florida, US. In his professional career, Mr. Tanner has:

• 22 years patent prosecution experience
• worked as a patent examiner at US Patent and Trademark Office
• drafted and filed >450 Utility patent applications
• been involved in the prosecution and management of >1500 Utility patent applications
• 6 years patent litigation experience
• 10 years trademark prosecution experience
• 2 years trademark litigation experience, including settlement negotiations and stand-still agreements before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB)

In addition, he is an inventor himself, having been awarded 7 US patents.

II.  OIST Support for Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer (15 min)

• OIST Policies, Rules, and Procedures (PRP)
• Invention Disclosure
• Invention Evaluation Committee
• Marketing and Licensing of Intellectual Property

Speaker: Technology Licensing Section

III.  OIST Support for Technology Development and Entrepreneurship (10 min)

• Proof-of-Concept Program
• Entrepreneurship Programs and Services

Speaker: R&D Cluster Program Section and Business Development Section