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Understanding Intellectual Property

Topic: Business Basics
On Demand, available until March 31

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Understanding Intellectual Property defines exactly what a copyright, trademark, and patent are and what kinds of protection they might afford your business. The process of establishing such protection is presented for each kind of property. Also discussed are international intellectual property protection issues, as well as, important legal documents such as non-disclosure agreements. A primer concludes this course which details the prior details to prepare before meeting with intellectual property attorney.

Course Content Topics covered by this course include:

An introduction to intellectual property
What is a trademark?
What is a patent?
What is a copyright?
Understanding trade secrets
Federal, state, and employees issues
Internet intellectual property
International intellectual property
Creating & realizing the value of intellectual property
Understanding confidentiality agreements

Course is approximately 2.5 hours to 3 hours in length and provides over 129 animated slides complete with voiceover narration.


Fee: Free