(ecornell) Securing Inventions, Ip, and Bioproperty

In this course, you will explore the different options for protecting inventions and investigate how each option can be leveraged strategically. Starting with the patent, you will explore the full process for how to obtain one, discovering tips and tricks for how to best craft a quality claim. Moving on to other intellectual property tools like trade secrets, trademarks, and copyrights, as well as bioproperty tools, you will analyze which option makes the most sense for a particular invention. By the end of this course, you will have strategies to identify and secure supportive protections for an invention. The course is provided by eCornell in partnership with Genashtim.

What You'll Learn

Describe the patent potential of an invention

Explore additional intellectual property and bioproperty tools to secure your invention to help protect an invention

Outline a property control position for an invention