The Basics
Potpourri
Disclosures
Patently Absurd
Trademark or Trade Secret
100
Creations of the mind such as inventions, names, and artistic works
What is IP?
100
Enhance company value, protect product or process, license/sell IP, block competitors
What is importance of IP?
100
Trade shows, conventions, conferences, publications, whitepapers, customer meetings, PDRs
What are risk areas/danger zones?
100
Right to exclude others from making, using, and selling the invention
What is a patent?
100
Symbol, word, logo, or combination that identifies and distinguishes goods/services from the marketplace
What is a trademark?
200
Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks, and Trade Secrets
What are forms of IP?
200
Database used to track differentiators, development meetings, patents, and FTOs
What is JIRA?
200
Barred from filing international, starts one yer clock in United States, and informs third party about development
What are consequences of improper disclosure?
200
Utility or design
What are types of patents?
200
True or False: TM symbol means pending trademark
What is True!
300
During IRAD planning, design or gate reviews, product naming, anytime
When I should think about or consider IP?
300
True or False: I can enforce U.S. patent in another country
What is False!
300
Legally binding contract that obligates you to keep confidential information secret
What is a NDA?
300
Defines scope of protection
What are claims?
300
Coke® formula
What is a trade secret?
400
Unique or improvements in process, function, and technology that is different from our competitors or what we have done in the past
What are differentiators?
400
Meeting to discuss and score invention with IP review team and inventors
What is IPRT Meeting?
400
Internal document that details the invention or process, important dates, and pertinent contract information
What is an Invention Disclosure?
400
DAILY DOUBLE!
Single foreign application that covers 157 countries
What is PCT application?
400
Using the mark followed by a noun and consistent, proper spelling. Not using the mark in possessive form or as plural.
What is proper trademark usage?
500
Search conducted after submitting JIRA ticket or when the business is interested in exploring new development.
What is FTO (Freedom to Operate)?
500
Over thirty years combined IP experience
What is our IP Team (Linda and Danny)!
500
File patent application before engaging with customer or supplier
What is best practice to avoid improper disclosure?
500
Informal patent application, 'patent junior', that only has a brief description and lasts for one year.
What is a provisional patent application?
500
Confidential business information that gives a company a competitive edge
What are trade secrets?