Reference no: EM131058587
Assignment
Intellectual Property Audit
Refer to the questions below. You will find an exhibit showing a questionnaire for an intellectual property audit. Review the questionnaire carefully. As a business owner, what steps would you take to prepare for this audit?
General:
• Has the Company ever acquired another entity or business?
• Has the business ever Sold any asses or business to another entity
• Is the Company engage in development or design of new products
• Has the company ever changed their name
• Trademark and Service mark:
• Does the company use trademark, service mark, logo's or slogans
• Has company ever applied for registration of a Mark with USPTO or other agency
• Has the company ever let other parties i.e. employees, clients, vendor to use Company trademark.
• Copyright:
• What written material does the Company use to advertise service?
• What written material does the Company use internally, such as employee hand book, training materials?
• Does the Company employees prepare written material?
• Patents:
• Has Company or its employees ever invented any useful article, product, method, process, or Software
• Has the Company ever made any improvement to another party's useful article, product or invention
• Has the Company ever engaged in the reverse engineering or decompilation of another company's product or Software
• Trademark Secrets:
• What information does the Company possess that would be harmful if the competitor finds out. (consider proprietary, development, financial data)
• Do employment, confidentiality, non-disclosures or other agreements exits?
• Does the Company conduct employee orientations employees and exit interviews to ensure employees understand confidentiality
• What measures are taken to protect confidentiality i.e., documents, access to keys, cameras
• Software:
• Has company designed, developed or modified any Software
• Does Company have rights to any Software
• Does Company allow employees to download Software or use Software at their home
• Claims
• Are there presently any pending claims related to any of the Company's intellectual properties/
• What clams have been made with in the last five years?
• Have all claims been resolved, if not what is the status.
• Has the Company made any claims?
General Documents
Assemble all applications and registration, and all license, royalties and security agreementsAssemble agreements entered into with employeesAssemble agreements with other Company's Write between 500- 750 words (approximately 2 - 3 pages) using Microsoft Word in APA style, see example below.
Use font size 12 and 1" margins.
Include cover page and reference page.
At least 80% of your paper must be original content/writing.
No more than 20% of your content/information may come from references.
Use at least three references from outside the course material, one reference must be from EBSCOhost. Text book, lectures, and other materials in the course may be used, but are not counted toward the three reference requirement.
Cite all reference material (data, dates, graphs, quotes, paraphrased words, values, etc.) in the paper and list on a reference page in APA style.
References must come from sources such as, scholarly journals found in EBSCOhost, CNN, online newspapers such as, The Wall Street Journal, government websites, etc. Sources such as, Wikis, Yahoo Answers, eHow, blogs, etc. are not acceptable for academic writing.
What approaches can an entrepreneur take to reduce risks
: Financial management of fast growth is one of the greatest challenges for entrepreneurial companies. What approaches can an entrepreneur take to reduce risks associated with financing growth
|
Calculating present values-annual rate of return
: Calculating Present Values [LO2] Suppose you are still committed to owning a $225,000 Ferrari (see Problem 9). If you believe your mutual fund can achieve a 12 percent annual rate of return and you want to buy the car in 9 years on the day you turn 3..
|
What is the payback period and net present value
: A 3-year project project with an initial cost of $2,704 promises the following cash flows for years 1 through 3, respectively: $1,653, $1,501, $1,495. If you require a 5.8 percent rate of return on this project, what is the net present value? A proje..
|
Describe the ways technology plays a role in hrm
: What are the major differences between the past and present trends? What are the similarities? Describe the ways technology plays a role in HRM.
|
What clams have been made with in the last five years
: What clams have been made with in the last five years? Have all claims been resolved, if not what is the status. Has the Company made any claims? Are there presently any pending claims related to any of the Company's intellectual properties/.
|
Ownership interest with bonuses to the existing partners
: S. Pagan and T. Tabor share income on a 6 : 4 basis. They have capital balances of $120,000 and $70,000, respectively, when W. Wolford is admitted to the partnership. Prepare the journal entry to record the admission of W. Wolford under each of the f..
|
What is the minimum number of bonds it must sell to raise
: The MerryWeather Firm wants to raise $10 million to expand its business. To accomplish this, it plans to sell 30-year, $1,000 face value zero-coupon bonds. The bonds will be priced to yield 6%. What is the minimum number of bonds it must sell to rais..
|
Is starbucks a stateless corporation
: What is the corporate mission statement of Starbucks , assuming it has one? How well do the company's actions adhere to its stated mission?
|
Feedback throughout the process of preparing this report
: You will receive teacher feedback and peer feedback throughout the process of preparing this report. Keep in mind that this is a paper for your portfolio, and will not be scored separately.
|