Volume 3

Managing the Invention Disclosure, Review and Protection Processes

Volume Three: Managing the Invention Disclosure, Review and Protection Processes covers the nuts and bolts of technology transfer – everything from the definition of intellectual property to determining who should be listed on the patent claim.

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Engaging the Innovator

Inventor Relations Are Complicated! Developing and Maintaining Good Inventor Relationships Is Key 
Kathy Ku, MS
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The Southern Paradigm: Communications around the Production of Invention Disclosures
Odd Bres, PhD, Fred Munson, and Garold G. Breit
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How to Protect Intellectual Property and Still Publish 
Jane Massey Licata, PhD, JD
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Soliciting and Managing Innovation Disclosures

Ownership of University Inventions in the United States
Allen E. White, PhD, JD
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Innovation Disclosure
Page Heller
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Patentable Inventions Versus Unpatentable: How to Assess and Decide
Rodney L. Sparks, JD, PhD
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Determining Inventorship
John S. Roberts, PhD, MBA
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Issues in Identifying Contributors to Inventions under U.S. Law 
J. Peter Fasse and Erin Kaiser
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How to Identify Owners in the United States 
Sherry L. Murphy, JD, and Kenneth D. Sibley, JD
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Identifying and Managing Joint Inventions
Jeanine Burmania, MS
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Managing Joint Authorship and Joint Ownership of Copyrighted Works
Peter B. Stewart Jr., JD, and Richard E. Jenkins, JD
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Invention Management in a Major Japanese University and its Implications for Innovation 
Robert Kneller, JD, MD, MPH
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The Ownership of Intellectual Property Rights and the Collaboration between Universities and Industry in Japan
Hideho Tanaka, PhD, and Chikako Saotome, PhD
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Understanding and Applying the CREATE Act in Collaborations
Liza S. Vertinsky, JD, PhD
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Identifying and Assessing Intellectual Property

Definitions of Intellectual Property
Mark B. Wilson, JD
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Five Strategies for Crafting Claims in U.S. Patent Applications
George McGuire, JD
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Attorney's View on How to Select and Work with Patent Counsel
Michael L. Goldman, JD
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Working with Outside Counsel: Selection, Engagement, Maintenance, and Termination
Ray Wheatley
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Crafting Claims in the Life Sciences for an International Application 
David S. Resnick, JD, Candace Summerford, PhD, and Ronald Eisenstein, JD
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Introduction to Patent Portfolio Building and Management 
Stephanie Whitehorse
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Validity and Invalidity of Patent Claims
Mary L. Miller, PhD, JD, and Richard P. Vitek, JD
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Soliciting and Managing Copyright Inventions and Copyright Licensing: Part 1 Creative Works
Giovanni Tata, PhD
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Soliciting and Managing Copyright Inventions and Copyright Licensing: Part 2
Carl Johnson and Sean J. Holder
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Relinquishing Intellectual Property Rights

Suggested Guidelines for Releasing Intellectual Property Rights to Faculty Inventors
Scott Elmer and Christopher D. McKinney, DA, MBA, CLP
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Intellectual Property and Related Rights: Issues when a Researcher Moves to another Organization
Gail Norris, JD
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