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Text Box: Every year thousands of people think they may have invented a unique product or component, but there’s a lot of work to do before it can be exploited commercially . Who is an inventor?
An inventor is a person who makes an original, significant intellectual contribution leading to the conception of the invention. What is a patent?
A patent is a legal monopoly that prevents others from making, using, or selling an invention covered by the patent. Patents are granted by governments. Generally, patents may be enforced only in the jurisdiction that has granted them.

What is a license?
Generally speaking, a license is a legally binding written document in which one party, having definable rights in a property, transfers or grants all or some part of those rights to another entity for some type of consideration

How is intellectual property protected?

By various federal and state laws, related to businesses and contracts.

Entrepreneurial course:

"TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER FROM INVENTION TO MARKETPLACE"

ENTR-915 050 (#5021)

SPRING 2007,

WEDNESDAYS 7-10 p.m., ELB-121

Instructor: Wayne Swann,

Technology Transfer Officer,

JHU Applied Physics Lab

There is no prerequisite

for this course. Books are free.

ENTR-915 serves as an elective in Business and Entrepreneurship. For course substitutions, contact Division Chairperson Sharon Schmickley (ELB-239) at 410-772-4441.

Text Box: TAP Website is launched! Visit us to find out about additional news on TAP at www. inventionntobusiness.com/ or www.inventiontobusiness.org

Technology Assessment

program

At Howard Community

College

invites everybody to

Catch Entrepreneurial Spirit

and explore the exciting world of

Technology Transfer

at the TAP Access and

Rocket Pitch

December 6, 2006

7:00pm-9:00pm.

Don’t miss this chance to explore potential business opportunities.