invention
   research, development
   ready, fire, aim
   pain
   ecosystems

intellectual property
   patents
      types
         utility (20 years from filing)
         design (14 years from grant)
      search
      disclosure
         private
         public
            US: 1 year to file
            most international: can't file
         defensive
      provisional
         1 year to convert
         included in term
      full
         teaching
         specification, claims
         types
            composition
            method
            apparatus
            manufacture
      examination
         novel, non-obvious, useful
         (im)possibility
         genes, business processes, software
      Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)
         nationalization
         EPO
      precedence
         first to file vs first to invent 
      maintenance
      litigation
         defense
         troll, NPE
      ~ $100, $1k, $10k, $100k
   copyrights
      original works of authorship
      designs, software, circuits, mask works
      reproduce, modify, distribute, perform, display
      secured on creation
      notice of copyright
      registration
      lifetime + 70 years
      licenses
         open-source vs free
         Creative Commons
         GPL
         LGPL
         BSD
         MIT/X11
         Apache
         fab lab
   trademarks
      establishment
      registration
      protection

income
   motivations
      financial
      cultural
      social
   sources
      licenses
      products
      consumables
      platforms
      advertising
      infrastructure
      services
         operation
         customization
         education
         research
         impact
   for-profit
      sole proprietor
      partnership
      limited liability company (LLC)
      corporation
   non-profit
      501(c)(3)
   funding
      VC
      angel
      friends & family
      loan
      bootstrap
      purchase commitment
      crowdsource
   lifecycle
      (failure of) business plan
      (need for) management team
      (problems in) scaling
      (pressure for) exit

assignment
   develop a plan for dissemination of your final project