Thursday, October 5, 2006
Commercialization of Imaging Science
I'm at RIT in the Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science getting ready to listen to a panel on the Commercialization of Imaging Science.
Panel Moderator: Richard A. Kaplan, CEO Pictometry International Corp
The panel:
Kevin Kearney, CEO Geospatial Systems, Inc
Carl Schauffele, Associate Director Center for Electronic Imaging Systems at the University of Rochester.
Pat... Patent Attorney. I wasn't able to capture his credentials
Robert Rolleston, Xerox Research Labs, Xerox Corp
Frank Cost, Associate Dean, College of Imaging Arts and Sciences and Co-dirctor Print Industry Center Rochester Institute of Technology
Areas of Discussion
Present Demand
Rolleston: Higher Image Quality, more automation, ease of use.
Future Demand and Technology
Cost: Printing becoming a consumer products industry. More B2C. More needs to be done to make print (graphics on things) easier.
IP Rights and Protection
Pat: Basic overview of Intellectual Property law. Copyrights, Trademarks, Patents, Trade Secrets.
Pat: Patent Strategy:
- Don't reinvent the wheel, secure the rights.
- Open source auditing. If you use OSS in your systems, make sure you understand the license.
- Defensive Patent Program. Recommend that 10% of revenue be spent on a patent program.
- Patent Portfolio. Start-ups should build a patent portfolio. Can be used as bargaining chips when companies knock out the door with a cease and desist.
Start-up Challenges
Pat: Intellectual Property issues (threats).
Cost: The graphics on things is a trillion dollar industry worldwide. Within this industry there are pockets of potential for high ROI success and areas of poor performance.
My Thoughts
Most of the discussion was on managing Intellectual Property rights for imaging science businesses and how to manage academic and corporate research cooperation.
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