Start-up Patents (SBUEK_184)
About Study Course
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.
Prerequisites
Basic understanding of the principles of business management (IBSE 1st and 2nd semester courses).
Learning outcomes
1.• 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.
1.• 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.
1.Students will get knowledge about different countries` patent systems and their use.
Study course planning
| Study programme | Study semester | Program level | Study course category | Lecturers | Schedule |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| International Business and Start-up Entrepreneurship | 3 | Bachelor | Required | Līga Sileniece |
