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Bio-Rad iCode Introduction.mp4
Protecting Intellectual Property
A key part of Bio-Rad’s continuing success is the intellectual property, or “IP,” created and controlled by Bio-Rad and its employees. The protection of this intellectual property is important in ensuring that Bio-Rad is able to compete effectively in the marketplace and offer our customers the tools they need to advance discovery and improve lives.
Bio-Rad is always seeking innovative ways to solve challenges, and a key tool we use in this endeavor is our intellectual property (IP).
- Patents
- Trademarks and logos
- Copyrights
- Trade secrets
- Know-How
- Publications
- Software
- Other developed IP
We all must keep Bio-Rad’s IP safe, use it responsibly, and follow any guidance about sharing it. Our vendors and other third parties should not use Bio-Rad’s logo or other IP without our express written permission.
While we are encouraged to help develop new tools and resources to reach our mutual goals of advancing discovery and improving lives, we must remember that ideas and inventions that we create in connection with our employment at Bio-Rad belong to Bio-Rad.
Expectations
- Assist with the identification and registration of intellectual property which is eligible to be protected through the patent process.
- Keep confidential Bio-Rad’s trade secrets and other confidential business information, including customer lists and account information.
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Key Terms
A property right that can be protected under federal and state law, including copyrightable works, ideas, discoveries, designs, logos and inventions. The term intellectual property relates to intangible property such as patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets.
Property right granted by the government that allows the patent owner to exclude others from making, selling, offering to sell, or using the invention for a specified period of time.
A symbol (such as a logo), word, or combination of words that identifies the source of a product or service and is either legally registered or established by use.
Confidential information such as product formulations, manufacturing processes, and business information which have independent economic value.
Rights to an original work of authorship, including ownership rights, for the author of works such as a literary work, or software.
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FAQs
A: You should describe the idea to your supervisor and submit an invention disclosure via the IPFolio Inventor Portal. Your invention disclosure will be discussed at your group’s next patent committee meeting to determine next steps.
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A: No. You should report any unapproved use of our logo, or any other trademarks or IP, to the Legal Department.
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