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The focus of this course is the invention and commercialization of technological discoveries. Technological advances are the underpinning of global economic development, and often represent significant business opportunities. This course covers the concepts and organizational issues involved in generating innovations, identifying opportunities and creating strategies to bring them to market. This course will help answer questions such as: When is an idea an invention? Who owns the invention? How can the invention be protected so as to maximize its commercial value? What are the steps to bringing the invention to market? What are the strategic options and which best fits the situation? The course includes both classroom learning and project work in which inventions from universities and government laboratories are assessed. As a result of this course students should be able to assess the feasibility of commercializing a scientific discovery, define the process required to bring it to market and recommend the best strategy to do so.