Gratis universitaire Course : Development of Inventions and Creative Ideas

[SubRosa]

In de herfst organiseert het vermaarde Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) voor het eerst de cursus Development of Inventions and Creative Ideas. Via het MIT OpenCourseWare staat het uitgebreide cursusmateriaal (syllabus, on-line literatuur en opdrachten) in pdf-opmaak op het WWW.

 

Alles is geheel gratis en zelfs registreren hoeft niet. Wel engelstalig, natuurlijk.

De koppeling is :

http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Electrical-Engineering-and-Computer-Science/6-931Spring-2008/CourseHome/index.htm

 

Het MIT zet bijna al het universitaire materiaal gratis op het WWW. Misschien ook interessant zijn :

15.391 Early Stage Capital

15.835 Entrepreneurial Marketing

15.783J Product Design and Development

 

Het is eigenlijk te goed om waar te zijn, zoveel kwaliteit, zoveel keuze. Je weet niet waar te beginnen.

 

[hanslefever]

Ik heb het materiaal gedownload en even de syllabus bekeken. Het gaat wel hoofdzakelijk over patentbescherming, wat maar 1, heel specifieke kant van "development of inventions and creative ideas" is. Voor wie er in geinteresseerd is >>

 

(Overigens alle lof voor MIT en het OCW initiatief)

 

Hans Le Fever

 

QUOTE:

Course Description

This course examines the history of private and public rights in scientific discoveries and applied engineering. It traces the development of worldwide patent systems and of entrepreneurial new technology companies based on patents. It reviews the classes of invention that are able to be protected under the patent laws of the U.S., including the procedures in protecting inventions in the Patent Office and the courts and the relatively new thrust with regard to methods of doing business. The course includes reviews of past and recent cases involving inventions and patents in:

 

The chemical process industry and medical (pharmaceutical, biological, and genetic-engineering) fields;

devices in the mechanical arts;

electrical, computer, and software inventions; and also

software protection afforded under copyright laws.

Additionally, the course draws from recent developments in intellectual property protection and the invention and innovation process in the U.S. to stimulate a reasoned discourse on the state of invention in the U.S. and abroad. The course addresses the K-12 education pipeline and the importance of this pipeline in continuing global innovation and discovery.

 

Text

This course is based upon the following text which is required by the instructor for any participant:

Rines, Robert H. Create or Perish: The Case for Inventions and Patents. Boston, MA: Preliminary Edition, 1964.

 

Within this course, the text will be referred to as Create or Perish. Additional reading material, including references to recent court decisions, may be specified to supplement the text in areas that the instructors deem appropriate. Reading and comprehending the material is extremely important in the student's performance in this class, and therefore the student is strongly encouraged to acquire and reach the point of personal understanding and synthesis for all material specified in this course.