Register for the workshop following the event details below.
Do you know how to protect your ideas and create value through intellectual property (IP)? Open to all UF innovators, this workshop will provide the intellectual property basics to help you create impact through innovation. It includes small group discussions and expert advice from the IP attorneys at Wolf Greenfield and the team at UF Innovate as well as insights from a faculty innovator.
UF innovators who register and attend both days of the workshop will receive a certificate from the University of Florida and Wolf Greenfield upon completion.
You will learn:
- Why intellectual property is important in business and startup formation
- Types of IP protection (patents, copyrights, trademarks) available and the business relevance of each
- The patent process, public disclosure, and how to read patent claims
- IP agreements and ways of protecting inventions in the absence of patents
- Basic licensing agreement terms, patent landscape searching and analysis, and other commercialization basics
- IP protection strategies for software/AI/ML innovations and patenting of biotechnology inventions
- Understanding industry IP strategies
- Aligning IP with technology development and commercialization – a faculty innovator experience
- Intellectual Property career opportunities
- Tips from UF Innovate licensing team on invention disclosures, office resources for protecting and licensing your inventions, and spinning out companies
The Boston-based intellectual property law firm of Wolf Greenfield, which has supported UF Innovate to protect and commercialize intellectual property developed at UF for over 20 years, will conduct this in-person workshop two consecutive mornings. You will also hear from UF faculty innovator Dr. Greg Hudalla on how NSF I-Corps customer discovery and IP protection strategies go hand in hand to get technologies ready for commercialization and meet UF Innovate staff and learn about resources available to innovators at UF.
Register for this workshop, bring your questions, and prepare to discover new opportunities in the innovation economy.