Resources
Contacts & Links
- RIT Resources
- RIT Clubs
- Rochester Area Groups
- Patents & Trademarks
- Copyright
- Bayh-Dole Act
- Intellectual Property
- Training and Education
- Searching Patents
- Export Control & Information Handling
- Professional Organizations
- Invention Assistance Companies
RIT Resources
- Information Security Office
- Venture Creations – the RIT High Tech Incubator
- Sponsored Research Services
- RIT Wallace Library Resources on Copyright and Plagiarism
- General Legal Questions from Students
RIT provides the services of an attorney to answer student’s questions. Please check with the Student Government Office for information on when the attorney, Mr. Paul A. Vick, is on campus – 475-2204
RIT Clubs
- Student Entrepreneurial Club
- Patent Club - for information contact Michael Lepelstat mhl0612@rit.edu
Rochester Area Organizations
- Licensing Executives Society Rochester Chapter (LES Rochester) - for information contact vmain@mail.rit.edu
- Rochester Intellectual Property Law Association (RIPLA)
- High Tech Rochester
- SCORE Rochester
-
Inventors Society of Western New York - A local inventors group in the Rochester area that meets on the RIT campus at the RIT Technology Park, Lennox Tech Enterprise Center.
Contact:
Bob Murray
52 Manor Hill Drive
Fairport, NY 14450
Tel: (585) 223-1225
Patents & Trademarks
Copyright
Bayh-Dole Act
Intellectual Property
- Franklin Pierce Law Center IP Mall
- Software Patent Institute and its Database of Software
- www.kuesterlaw.com
- www.patents.com
- World Intellectual Property Organization
- Education and News for Inventors
- www.bitlaw.com
- Council on Governmental Relations (technology transfer info)
- National Technology Transfer Center
- University of Central Florida (trademark searching tutorial)
Training and Education
Searching Patents
- University of Central Florida (patent searching tutorial)
- Franklin Pierce Law Center Patent Searching Academy
- http://inventors.about.com/ (various tutorials)
- www.delphion.com
Export Control & Information Handling
Professional Organizations
- Licensing Executives Society
- Association of University Technology Managers
- United Inventors Association
- National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance
Invention Assistance Companies
Customer beware! There are many companies that advertise that they will get your invention patented and commercialized. These companies offer a variety of services with varying quality. There are sites where independent inventors can check on the background of these companies:
US Patent and Trademark Office (go down a little to "Published Complaints")
Federal Trade Commission
For general information on such firms:
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/services/invent.htm
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/alerts/invnalrt.htm
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/edcams/invention/index.html
