Intellectual Property Rights

Course title

8M101100

tanaka hideho

Class name

Intellectual Property Rights

Keywords

Intellectual Propert
Patent right
Trade Secret
Research&Development
Collaboration

Course description

　 This course deals with the management of intellectual property and is designed for engineer and scientist as a target. It also enhances the participant's capability in managing intellectual property at their laboratory. Through the program, participants will learn how to manage intellectual property for developing new products or services. Not only lectures, exercise and case discussion will be done in the class.
　The participants are expected to have basic knowledge of intellectual property rights, to have experiences of patent application or to have completed the "Basic Intellectual Property" course. If you worry about the knowledge level, please make contact with me.

Purpose of class

Knowledge about intellectual property is indispensable for the engineers and scientists who are involved in development of new products or services. Management of intellectual property is one of the core domain of MOT core curriculum. Also, the course is a compulsory elective subject for the student of strategic innovation leader course.

Goals and objectives

to acquire the intellectual property right knowledge which is needed for management of technology
to understand the basic intellectual property management
to acquire the ability to manage intellectual property as a R&D manager

Language

Japanese

Class schedule

	Class schedule	HW assignments (Including preparation and review of the class.)	Amount of Time Required
1.	（face-to-face class） Current issues of intellectual property management 　Survey the issues of intellectual property management and understand how it is important	Reading handout of design right and trademark right	180minutes
2.	（face-to-face class／e-learning） Basics of intellectual property right system: Trademark right, Design right and Copyright 　Survey current status of each intellectual property right system	Review the class	180minutes
3.	（face-to-face class） Basics of intellectual property right system: Case study 　Case study related to Trademark right, Design right or Copyright	Reading case material	180minutes
4.	（face-to-face class／e-learning） Basics of intellectual property right system: Patent right system 　Invention, Requirements for patentability etc.	Review the class	180minutes
5.	（face-to-face class） Basics of intellectual property right system: Patent right system 　Patent procedures, Prior art search (practice)	Review the class	180minutes
6.	（face-to-face class／e-learning） Basics of intellectual property right system: Trade secret 　Survey unfair competition prevention act and trade secret comparing with patent right system	Reading case material	180minutes
7.	（face-to-face class） Strategic intellectual property management 　Case study: Discussion of the best use of various intellectual property rights in R&D and business	Writing case report	180minutes
8.	（face-to-face class／e-learning） Patent Litigation 　Patent litigation system, inventive step and review of the judicial precedent relating to it	Reading case material	153minutes
9.	（face-to-face class） Inventive step and review of the judicial precedent 　Case discussion	Writing case report	180minutes
10.	（face-to-face class／e-learning） Intellectual property management in laboratory 　　　What needed before the start of and during your research	Review the class	180minutes
11.	（face-to-face class） Intellectual property management in laboratory 　　　　　Problems on collaborative research	Reading case material	179minutes
12.	（face-to-face class／e-learning） Policy on strategic standardization To introduce the recent policy developments on strategic standardization, and to consider its utilization.(Prof. Takeda)	To consider the difference of IPR strategy (closed impacts) and standardization strategy	180minutes
13.	（face-to-face class） Invention disclosure form 　Group discussion and presentation of prepared invention disclosure form	Writing case report	180minutes
14.	（face-to-face class／e-learning） Generic products strategy 　Strategic management of the products which are not affected by the intellectual property right of original product	Review the class	157minutes
15.	（face-to-face class） How to protect the value of technology Total review of the course and examination	Review the entire class	180minutes
Total.	-	-	2649minutes

Relationship between 'Goals and Objectives' and 'Course Outcomes'

	1	2	3	Total.
1.	40%	30%	30%	100%
2.				0%
3.				0%
Total.	40%	30%	30%	-

Evaluation method and criteria

Class attendance and discussion contribution in class: 60％、Term-end examination: 40%

Textbooks and reference materials

Will be available in the class

Prerequisites

Reading newspaper articles related to intellectual property right daily

Course objectives

Office hours and How to contact professors for questions

Before and after each class

Relation to the environment

Non-environment-related course

Regionally-oriented

Non-regionally-oriented course

Development of social and professional independence

Course that cultivates a basic problem-solving skills

Active-learning course

About half of the classes are interactive

Last modified : Thu Jul 20 04:02:33 JST 2017