invention
   basic, applied, development
   ready, fire, aim
   ecosystems

intellectual property
   patents
      types
         utility (20 years from filing)
         design (14 years from grant)
      disclosure
         private
         public
            US: 1 year to file
            most international: can't file
      provisional
         12 months to convert
         included in term
      full
         teaching
         sections
            cover
            specification
            claims
         types
            composition
            method
            apparatus
            manufacture
      examination
         novel, non-obvious, useful
         (im)possibility
         genes, business processes, software
      Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)
         nationalization
      precedence
         first to invent vs first to file
      maintenance
      litigation
         submarine
         trolls
   copyrights
      original works of authorship
      designs, software, circuits, mask works
      secured on creation
      notice of copyright
      registration
      lifetime + 70 years
      licenses
         Creative Commons
         GPL
         LGPL
         BSD
         MIT/X11
         Apache
         CBA/fab lab
   trademarks
      establishment
      registration
      protection

income
   motivations
      financial
      cultural
      social
   sources
      products
      consumables
      licenses
      platforms
      services
   for-profit
      sole proprietor
      partnership
      limited liability company (LLC)
      corporation
   non-profit
      501(c)(3)
   funding
      bootstrap
      friends & family
      angel
      VC
      loan
      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