Dr. David W. Matula | |
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PROFESSOR OF COMPUTER SCIENCE, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
Ph. D. Engineering Science, University of California at Berkley |
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Dr. Matula holds 21 U.S. Patents. Five of his Ph.D. students have been co-inventors (with D. W. Matula) on these patents and pending applications. He has consulted for industry on intellectual property and served as an expert witness. He has been a member of SMU’s intellectual property committee for eleven years. Professor Matula’s research focuses on the foundations and applications of algorithm engineering with specific emphasis on computer arithmetic and graph/network algorithms. He has published over one hundred peer reviewed papers. He has consulted on the design of arithmetic units for fifteen years with Cyrix, National Semiconductors, and AMD. He is the co-designer of the floating point unit of the one-watt AMD Geode microprocessor chosen for the OLPC project. Dr. Matula’s research has been funded by numerous federal, state, and corporate agencies. | |
E-mail: matula@lyle.smu.edu |
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Raymond Van Dyke |
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FOUNDER AND PRINCIPAL, Van Dyke Law, Washington, DC.
Univ. of N. Carolina at Chapel Hill, J.D.; UNC. M.S. Computer Science |
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Raymond Van Dyke focuses his practice in technology and intellectual property counseling, procurement, licensing, and litigation in federal courts and the U.S. International Trade Commission. He represents companies and universities in the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, medical, chemical, software, financial services, telecommunications, internet, voice over IP (VoIP), and digital industries, both domestic and international, and in emerging areas, such as bioinformatics, cheminformatics, genomics, pharmaco-genomics, nanotechnology, proteomics, and computational analysis. | |
E-mail: ray@rayvandyke.com |
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Selected guest lectures will accompany the main speakers. |
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COURSE DESCRIPTION: What is intellectual property? Why should I patent my innovation? How do I draft my claims? This course will address the importance of technology and intellectual property in America, the fundamentals of patent, copyright, trademark and trade secrets for the lay person, and the real world application of those rights. Fair use, open source, and alternatives will be described and interpreted. Current developments and changes are also covered. In particular, the America Invents Act of 2011, the most monumental change to patent law since 1836, will also be discussed, and the significant effects on universities, small inventors and companies highlighted. Supreme Court, Legislation and other developments that affect these rights will also be covered in this popular and engaging presentation. |
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TOPICS TO BE COVERED BY THE COURSE INCLUDE: History and Philosophy of Intellectual Property Rights and their role in the information age Intellectual property's impact on information system design and development The inventor's role in recognizing a patentable idea Analysis of ground breaking industry patents Impact of Emerging Technologies on Intellectual Property Expert Witness Service by Engineers |