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Patent Procurement & Management
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Patent Procurement+
- Product Launch Invention Review
- Documentation of Inventions
- Unauthorized Disclosure of Inventions
- Invention Disclosure
- Processing Invention Disclosure
- Review Invention Disclosure
- Instruct Outside Patent Counsel
- File Patent Application
- Prosecution & Issuance Procedures
- Foreign Filing Decisions & Procedures
- Maintenance Fees
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IP Management+
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- IP Ownership & Clearance for Technology
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IP Assessment & Plan
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IP Assessment & Plan Topics+
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- Protecting & Handling Confidential Information
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IP Monitoring, Enforcement & Violations
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IP Monitoring, Enforcement & Violations Topics+
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Trademarks, Domain Names & Advertising
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Trademark, Domain Name & Advertising Topics+
- Responsibilities of the Trademark Coordinator
- Trademark & Domain Name Database
- Trademarks & Domain Name Monitoring
- Review Use of Third Party Trademarks
- Review Use of Comparative Advertising
- Clearance & Use of Company Trademark
- Trademark & Domain Name Registration/Protection
- Domain Name Selection
- Trademark Selection
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Copyright & Personality Rights
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Copyright & Personality Rights Topics+
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Open Source Software
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Open Source Software Topics+
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Additional Resources
Discharging Employees
There are various IP and confidential information related issues that should be considered when discharging an employee. It is important that a standard process is followed and necessary information is collected.
Engaging/discharging an employee could include the following steps:
- Perform exit interview
- Identify any un-submitted or unfiled inventions
- Have employee return all IP materials and acknowledge their return and/or destruction as applicable
- Review employment agreements and applicable policy restrictions in the exit interview for the employee. Also send a termination letter with a reminder of the employee’s obligations