Career Development

What is intellectual property (IP)? How is it generated? Who owns it? How is it protected? Should you care? This seminar provides an overview of the different types of intellectual property and focuses on issues relevant to university members.

By Kyle Crocco, Writing Peer
Wednesday, May 11th, 2016 - 11:20am


  What is intellectual property (IP)? How is it generated? Who owns it? How is it protected? Should you care? This seminar provides an overview of the different types of ​IP and focuses on issues relevant to university members.

What is IP?: Intellectual Property Basics
Led by Sherylle Mills Englander (Director, Office of Technology & Industry Alliances) and Mary Raven (Licensing Officer, Office of Technology & Industry Alliances)

Thursday, May 19
3-4 p.m.
Elings Hall 1601
Light refreshments provided

RSVP at: https://csep.cnsi.ucsb.edu/forms/PDS/Registration.php

Presenters
Both presenters are members of UCSB's Technology and Industry Alliances (TIA), which manages UCSB's ​IP portfolio and works with industry partners ranging from multi-national corporations to emerging startups interested in creating new, innovative products from UCSB research.

Raven, a PhD in Neuroscience, former research scientist, and microscopy facility director, recently joined the office to manage a licensing portfolio and campus outreach. Englander, former concert flutist, JD from UC Berkeley, is a TIA founder, the current director and has extensive experience with development and valuing and use of ​IP in corporate, startup, and academic settings.