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Bizinnovator Unit 3
Opportunity Recognition and Intellectual Property
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Patents | gives you exclusive right within the US to make, use , and sell your invention for a period of years |
| Design Patent | ornamental design of a manufactured item |
| Utility Patent | functional features of the invention |
| Copyrights | Literary works, dramatic works, musical works |
| Trademark | Any word (or words), name, symbol or picture or device that a company uses to distinguish its goods from someone else’s. |
| Trade Secrets | Data or information not generally known in the industry that gives a business an advantage over the competition |
| Plagiarism | Copying someone else’s work and presenting it as your own |
| Fair Use | A set of legal exceptions to copyright |
| Opportunities | can be implemented, has potential |
| Idea | has the potential to make money |
| Market | must fulfill customers’ needs or solve their problems |
| Clear Focus | Ability to create a market barrier |
| ROI | (gains-costs/costs) |
| Personnel | Adding additional resources and skills |
| Bootstrapping | Starting a company with very little capital |
| Composition of matter | Patent category |
| Machine | Patent category |
| An Article of Manufacture | Patent Category |
| Process | Patent Category |
| Profitable | Making money from a project |
| Win-WIn | A conflict where both parties gain |
| Variable | inconsistent or having a non fixed pattern |
| Break-Even | Where costs starts to be less than profits |
| Motion pictures | Copyrights |
| Sound recordings | Copyrights |
| Pictorial, graphic and sculptural works | Copyrights |
| Service Mark | Similar to a trademark |
| Trade Name | Requires formal registration from the state and the US Patent and Trademark Office |
| Trade Secrets | Manufacturing techniques/processes |
| Trade Secrets | Computer software (source code), Customer lists |