Research
Events
Friday, Nov. 20, 2009
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Herberger Institute Research Center
Design South (CDS), room 126
Do you know the difference between intellectual property rights for undergraduate versus graduate students and how that affects faculty research?
Do you understand when to protect your intellectual and creative research?
Are you confused as to how to engage in a process that involves patents, copyrights or licenses at the university?
Please join us for an enlightening presentation with Q&A by representatives from Arizona Technology Enterprises (AzTE), ASU’s intellectual property organization.
IP-Patent-Copyright-Licensing for Designers, Artists, and
Other Creative Professionals
Presenters:
Phil Dowd, PhD, Director of Intellectual Assets, Arizona Technology Enterprises (AzTE)
Phil Dowd brings to AzTE more than ten years of university and startup-based research experience in the field of semiconductor optoelectronics. He holds a BS in physics with physical electronics and a PhD on the topic of semiconductor lasers for data communications applications, both awarded by the University of Bath in England. He is an inventor who holds three issued U.S. patents.
Prior to joining AzTE, Phil worked for the University of New Mexico’s Center for High Technology Materials, Arizona State University and Lytek Corporation, an ASU spin-out company, which developed tele- and data-communications optoelectronic devices.
Bill Loux, Director of Business Development, AzTE
Before joining AzTE, Bill Loux was employed by Honeywell Aerospace in the turbine engines division. At Honeywell, he managed a portfolio of technologies and licensing agreements and directed technology commercialization activities for turbine engines. Additionally, he has experience in business development, marketing and competitive intelligence within the aerospace industry. He graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1996 with a bachelor’s degree in astronautical engineering and a minor in Japanese. He received his master’s degree in international business from Thunderbird School of Global Management in Glendale, Arizona.
Bill also worked at Los Alamos National Laboratories as a technology scout working with local scientists to assess cutting-edge technologies and build technology commercialization strategies.
Students, faculty and staff welcome!