Intellectual and Industrial Property Rights
Intellectual and Industrial Property Rights
| Level | Intermediate |
| Type | Lectures, Video |
| Topic | Intellectual property, patent, trademark, design |
| By | Bogazici University |
| Speaker | Ahmet Buğra Başer |
| Duration | 1 h 22 min |
This course introduces students to the fundamental concepts of intellectual and industrial property rights. Beginning with copyright, patents, utility models, designs and trademarks, it spans topics from patent procedures to analysing IP aspects of AI outputs. Application routes, patent-search techniques, contract types and economic impacts are also covered in depth.
- Introduction and comparison of IP types
- Evaluating AI outputs in the context of IP
- Patent procedures, search techniques and filing strategies
- Contract types and checkpoints within registration processes
- Economic and strategic importance of intellectual property
By the end of the course, students will be able to define copyright, patents, utility models, designs and trademarks; distinguish between registered and unregistered rights; match Creative Commons licences to suitable examples; analyse IP issues in AI models, training data and outputs; explain key patent-filing criteria (novelty, inventive step, industrial applicability, technical character); evaluate dependency on prior patents and the “negative right” nature of patents; compare when to file or not file a patent; discuss the sectoral role of standard-essential patents; propose alternative protection routes; compare Paris and PCT filings and select strategies based on technology readiness; interpret the financial & tax benefits of patents; outline post-filing procedures; recognise patent publication sections; draft a contract checklist involving IP; choose a patent attorney; identify public-funding programmes; describe the utility-model system; apply Boolean & wildcard search techniques; explain unregistered design protection, list key features of registered designs; and link trademark classes to appropriate goods and services.
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