Protecting Your Intellectual Property
Thursday, February 25, 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM

Fikret Kirkbir
Manager of Intellectual Property Analysis and Assessment
Alfred E. Mann Institute for Biomedical Engineering (AMI-USC)

In this introductory workshop, types of intellectual property (IP) such as utility patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets and their differences will be presented. Pitfalls of the provisional patent application, which is a very frequently used IP route in the university setting, will be discussed. Strategies for patenting while submitting scientific articles will also be considered.