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January 15 & 16, 2016: Friday 9:am-5:pm, Saturday 9:am-1:pm
Palmer Conference Center for Engineering Leadership
Caruth Hall, Rm. 406, 3145 Dyer Street, Dallas, TX, 75205
Short course fee: $200 (group rates available)
SMU Students: Credit – one hour: Register for CSE 5111/7111
Non-credit complimentary SMU student registration available (contact beth@lyle.smu.edu )
Non-SMU community registration fee available

PRESENTERS:

Dr. David W. Matula
	PROFESSOR OF COMPUTER SCIENCE, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX Ph. D. Engineering Science, University of California at Berkley
Dr. Matula holds 21 U.S. Patents. Five of his Ph.D. students have been co-inventors (with D. W. Matula) on these patents and pending applications. He has consulted for industry on intellectual property and served as an expert witness. He has been a member of SMU’s intellectual property committee for eleven years. Professor Matula’s research focuses on the foundations and applications of algorithm engineering with specific emphasis on computer arithmetic and graph/network algorithms. He has published over one hundred peer reviewed papers. He has consulted on the design of arithmetic units for fifteen years with Cyrix, National Semiconductors, and AMD. He is the co-designer of the floating point unit of the one-watt AMD Geode microprocessor chosen for the OLPC project. Dr. Matula’s research has been funded by numerous federal, state, and corporate agencies.
E-mail: matula@lyle.smu.edu
Raymond Van Dyke
	FOUNDER AND PRINCIPAL, Van Dyke Law, Washington, DC. Univ. of N. Carolina at Chapel Hill, J.D.; UNC. M.S. Computer Science
Raymond Van Dyke focuses his practice in technology and intellectual property counseling, procurement, licensing, and litigation in federal courts and the U.S. International Trade Commission. He represents companies and universities in the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, medical, chemical, software, financial services, telecommunications, internet, voice over IP (VoIP), and digital industries, both domestic and international, and in emerging areas, such as bioinformatics, cheminformatics, genomics, pharmaco-genomics, nanotechnology, proteomics, and computational analysis.
E-mail: ray@rayvandyke.com
Selected guest lectures will accompany the main speakers.
COURSE DESCRIPTION: What is intellectual property? Why should I patent my innovation? How do I draft my claims? This course will address the importance of technology and intellectual property in America, the fundamentals of patent, copyright, trademark and trade secrets for the lay person, and the real world application of those rights. Fair use, open source, and alternatives will be described and interpreted. Current developments and changes are also covered. In particular, the America Invents Act of 2011, the most monumental change to patent law since 1836, will also be discussed, and the significant effects on universities, small inventors and companies highlighted. Supreme Court, Legislation and other developments that affect these rights will also be covered in this popular and engaging presentation.
TOPICS TO BE COVERED BY THE COURSE INCLUDE: History and Philosophy of Intellectual Property Rights and their role in the information age Intellectual property's impact on information system design and development The inventor's role in recognizing a patentable idea Analysis of ground breaking industry patents Impact of Emerging Technologies on Intellectual Property Expert Witness Service by Engineers

Dr. David W. Matula

PROFESSOR OF COMPUTER SCIENCE, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX

Ph. D. Engineering Science, University of California at Berkley

Dr. Matula holds 21 U.S. Patents. Five of his Ph.D. students have been co-inventors (with D. W. Matula) on these patents and pending applications. He has consulted for industry on intellectual property and served as an expert witness. He has been a member of SMU’s intellectual property committee for eleven years. Professor Matula’s research focuses on the foundations and applications of algorithm engineering with specific emphasis on computer arithmetic and graph/network algorithms. He has published over one hundred peer reviewed papers. He has consulted on the design of arithmetic units for fifteen years with Cyrix, National Semiconductors, and AMD. He is the co-designer of the floating point unit of the one-watt AMD Geode microprocessor chosen for the OLPC project. Dr. Matula’s research has been funded by numerous federal, state, and corporate agencies.

E-mail: matula@lyle.smu.edu

Raymond Van Dyke

FOUNDER AND PRINCIPAL, Van Dyke Law, Washington, DC.

Univ. of N. Carolina at Chapel Hill, J.D.; UNC. M.S. Computer Science

Raymond Van Dyke focuses his practice in technology and intellectual property counseling, procurement, licensing, and litigation in federal courts and the U.S. International Trade Commission. He represents companies and universities in the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, medical, chemical, software, financial services, telecommunications, internet, voice over IP (VoIP), and digital industries, both domestic and international, and in emerging areas, such as bioinformatics, cheminformatics, genomics, pharmaco-genomics, nanotechnology, proteomics, and computational analysis.

E-mail: ray@rayvandyke.com

Selected guest lectures will accompany the main speakers.

COURSE DESCRIPTION:
What is intellectual property? Why should I patent my innovation? How do I draft my claims? This course will address the importance of technology and intellectual property in America, the fundamentals of patent, copyright, trademark and trade secrets for the lay person, and the real world application of those rights. Fair use, open source, and alternatives will be described and interpreted.
Current developments and changes are also covered. In particular, the America Invents Act of 2011, the most monumental change to patent law since 1836, will also be discussed, and the significant effects on universities, small inventors and companies highlighted. Supreme Court, Legislation and other developments that affect these rights will also be covered in this popular and engaging presentation.

TOPICS TO BE COVERED BY THE COURSE INCLUDE:
History and Philosophy of Intellectual Property Rights and their role in the information age
Intellectual property's impact on information system design and development
The inventor's role in recognizing a patentable idea
Analysis of ground breaking industry patents
Impact of Emerging Technologies on Intellectual Property
Expert Witness Service by Engineers

16th Annual Short Course on Intellectual Property and Information Technology

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