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Start-up Patents
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:9.00
Study Course Accepted:20.03.2024 08:40:58
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | SBUEK_184 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 4.00 | ECTS: | 6.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Economics; Other economic and management sub-sectors | Target Audience: | Business Management | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Līga Sileniece | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf rsu[pnkts]lv | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 8 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 16 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 12 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 24 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 40 | ||||||||
| Part-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 7 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 14 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 7 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 14 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 28 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Basic understanding of the principles of business management (IBSE 1st and 2nd semester courses). | ||||||||
| Objective: | The objective of this course is to introduce students to the start-up patents in contemporary business environment, and to examine how strategic and tactical decisions are made to create sustainable start-up business. By the end of the course, students will be able to: • understand inventing and patents, develop a patent portfolio; • understand Intellectual Property, Licensing, the reality business plan and its development; • develop patent application and provide necessary activities in procedures; • identify patent licensing; • understand how to finance a technology startup. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | General introduction to inventing | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Patents and patentability | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||||
| 3 | Legal frameworks and regulations for patents | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||||
| 4 | Intelectual property, licencing, business pan and its development | Lectures | 2.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||||
| 5 | Patent samples and application process. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 6 | Patentsearch | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||||
| 7 | Financing a technology startup. | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| Classes | 3.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | General introduction to inventing | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Patents and patentability | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||||
| 3 | Legal frameworks and regulations for patents | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||||
| 4 | Intelectual property, licencing, business pan and its development | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||||
| 5 | Patent samples and application process. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 6 | Patentsearch | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||||
| 7 | Financing a technology startup. | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Individual and group work: • Preparation for classes, reading information, which is available under each class topic • Working on eight essays • Development of an individual project – a study on the start-up patents, using the gained knowledge, skills and methods, development of the conclusions and practical recommendations in the framework of social and economic situation in the country and selected organization or a start-up an its characteristics • Presentation of the individual project. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Preparation for classes, proactive participation and contribution during the classes (discussions, group work, feedback). The minimum attendance or participation requirements – 50% of all classes. • All required essays and the individual project need to be submitted – 35% of final mark. • All individual and group tasks need to be completed during the classes – 35% of final mark. • Students who do not meet the minimum attendance or participation requirements (50% of all lectures and seminars) can be refused to attempt or be considered for assessment. Exam – 30% of final mark. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | • Students will acquire theoretical knowledge about patents. • During the course students will get understanding of the need of patents for business ideas and their differences in various countries. • At the end of the course students will understand potential investor involvement in patents. • Students will acquire deeper understanding of technology startups. | ||||||||
| Skills: | • During the course students will obtain and strengthen their leadership and motivational skills, for example in problem solving through case studies, decision making through essays, advising through group works. • At the end of the course students will have developed their team building (collaboration, communication, sharing opinion a.o.) and organizational skills (categorizing data, goal setting a.o.). • After the course students will have trained and thus supplemented their analytical skills – critical thinking, data analysis, reporting and numeracy through different types of tasks that will be done during the study course. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Students will get knowledge about different countries` patent systems and their use. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | A Patent System for the 21st Century. Merrill & Elliott. | ||||||||
| 2 | Latvian Innovations. | ||||||||
| 3 | Driving Innovation: Intellectual Property Strategies for a Dynamic World. Chapter 9, “Strategy Tools: Policies and Practices for Managing Intellectual Property” pp. 147-162 (Canvas). | ||||||||
| 4 | Continuation Patents. | ||||||||
| 5 | Law of patents. | ||||||||
| 6 | Trademark Primer. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Murphy W.J., Orcutt J.L. Patent Valuation: Improving Decision Making through Analysis. Wiley, 2012. | ||||||||
| 2 | Overview of patent application process. | ||||||||
| 3 | Patent Litigation. | ||||||||
| 4 | Intellectual property. | ||||||||
| 5 | Patent Skills for User Experience Design. | ||||||||
| 6 | https://medium.com/@juhruoh007/1on1-on-vc-math-28fa4b639003 | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Patentability and Eligibility Overview. | ||||||||
| 2 | University Licensing: an Introduction to Licensing Technology from Universities. | ||||||||
| 3 | Trademark Overview. | ||||||||
| 4 | Everything You Wanted to Know About Convertible Seed Financings. | ||||||||
| 5 | What are Patent Rights. | ||||||||
| 6 | Patentability. | ||||||||
