Dr. Gopal Nadkarni in the College of Engineering is offering a course during the Fall 2016 semester that you might be interested in. The course is “Discovery to Impact: How to take an Invention to Market.” This course focuses exclusively on the commercialization of university patents and customer discovery. Just so you’re aware, Professor Gaughan will be offering the Entrepreneurship course again in Spring 2017. Professor Gaughan’s course is different because his course focuses on the broad practice of entrepreneurship, the relation of entrepreneurship to common related legal issues (including all forms of IP), and the creation of for-profit and non-profit early stage entities.
For more information, please take a look at this informational handout (Discovery to Impact-Taking an Invention to Market Fall 2016) and the course description (UA Discovery to Impact – Course Description Flyer Fall 2016). If you’re interested in registering for Dr. Nadkarni’s course, please contact Dean Fuller (bfuller@uakron.edu) so you can fill out the correct forms and obtain the required permissions.