Using Inventions in the Public Domain : A Guide for Inventors and Entrepreneurs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Staff, World Intellectual Property Organization.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public domain (Copyright law).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (76 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Geneva : World Intellectual Property Organization, 2020.

Summary:

This guide is designed to help researchers, inventors and entrepreneurs gain access to and use technology and business information and knowledge in the public domain, for the development of new innovative products and services in their own country. The focus of the guide is on information and technology disclosed in patent documents. Designed for self-study, the guide provides easy-to follow training modules that include teaching examples and other useful practical tools and resources.

Contents:

Intro

Acknowledgments

Introduction to the guide

1. Framework for the guide

2. Considerations for using the guide

3. Purpose of the guide

4. Scope of the guide

5. Limitations of the guide

Module I Defining the public domain and its relationship with patents

1. Understanding public domain information and knowledge as it relates to new product development

1.1 Public domain as a function of geography and time

2. Relationship between patents and the public domain

3. Public domain in developing and least developed countries

Module II Finding opportunities to leverage inventions and public domain knowledge

1. Relationship between inventions and patents

2. Territorial scope of patent protection

3. Examples of useful information found in patent publications

4. Other IP rights

5. Unique selling proposition and its relevance in IP regimes

Module III Integrating public domain knowledge into product development processes

1. Idea phase

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Idea and its significance

1.3 What is an invention black box?

1.4 Product idea scoring and screening using the balanced scorecard

2. Evaluating team culture and capabilities

2.1 Against the flow

2.2 Should you abandon the effort or move on to design? Innovate and/or cooperate?

2.3 Value chain analysis in an assessment of a firm's competitive environment

2.4 Evaluation of available resources (internal and external)

3. Developing a product concept

3.1 Is there a feasible product concept?

4. Market opportunities

4.1 Market data and research

5. Reviewing what technologies are already in the market

6. Finding if there are available technologies you can exploit to identify market opportunities

6.1 Patent intelligence based on patent database searches, patent statistics and reports.

6.2 Relevant patent identification

7. Drafting a business model canvas

8. Screening product concepts

8.1 Introduction

8.2 Validating market pull

8.3 Using competitive intelligence and technology intelligence

8.4 Assessing competitive advantage through competitive intelligence

8.5 Technology intelligence through patents to study evolving technology trends and innovation

8.6 Assessing the ability to build a team and obtain stakeholders' support

8.7 Protecting IP in feasible products

8.8 Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats (SWOT) analysis

9. Design

9.1 Introduction

9.2 Solution of a technical problem through TRIZ

9.3 Determining the 5Ps and using them as a guide for design

9.4 Design for manufacturing and technology risk management

10. Development and implementation

11. Test

12. Launch

13. Post-launch

14. Conclusion

Annex

Endnotes.

Notes:

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Other Format:

Print version: Staff, World Intellectual Property Organization Using Inventions in the Public Domain :

ISBN:

9789280530407

OCLC:

1348481906