To take an idea from its inception to its fully developed potential, it is crucial to properly protect and secure the invention.

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.

You are required to have completed the following courses or have equivalent experience before taking this course:

• Understanding the Invention
• Developing a Unique Value Proposition