Outcomes:
The goal of our project is to understand the many different ways that IP is used in the business world today. We hope to provide information of the patent process, and on how companies can combine their ideas to accomplish a greater good.

Definition:
Protect:The word protection refers to anything that helps ward off some threat; the preservation from injury or harm; money paid for a guarantee against threatened violence.

1. An individual who is deeply involved in abstract erudite ideas and theories.
2. An individual whose profession solely involves the dissemination and/or production of ideas, as opposed to producing products (e.g. a steel worker) or services (e.g. an electrician). For example, these include engineers, lawyers, professors, politicians, entertainers, and scientists.[1]
3. Third, “cultural intellectuals” are those of notable expertise in culture and the arts, expertise which allows them some cultural authority, which they then use to speak in public on other matters.

Property:
Property means Right of Action for things that can be exchanged.

Intellectual Property:
Intellectual property (IP) is a legal field that refers to creations of the mind such as musical, literary, and artistic works; inventions; and symbols, names, images, and designs used in commerce, including copyrights, trademarks, patents, and related rights. Under intellectual property law, the holder of one of these abstract "properties" has certain exclusive rights to the creative work, commercial symbol, or invention by which it is covered.

Readings:

1. These are a few tips for someone trying to protect intellectual property.
http://www.allbusiness.com/legal/intellectual-property/11140-1.html

2. Defines: Patents, Trademarks, Trade Secrets, When you can go public with a patent, and much more information. (Read parts 1-6)
http://people.howstuffworks.com/patent.htm

3. An example of businesses using corss liscensing to improve the efficiency of their products.
http://www.betanews.com/article/Microsoft_JVC_agree_to_crosslicense_patents/1200511382
http://www.itworld.com/IDG010808sun-hitachi

4. This is a list of problems people can avoid when trying to protect their IP.
http://www.developerdotstar.com/mag/articles/mccrohon_7ipsins.html

5. This is a basic rundown of the costs associated with obtaining a patent.
http://home.netcom.com/~patents2/What%20Does%20It%20Cost%20Patent.htm

Presentation Files:

See Attachments Below!!!!

Authors:

Derek Hunter: hunterde@onid.orst.edu
Jessica Sandoval: sandovje@onid.orst.edu