IPRs are being used in specialised contexts, including developing student enterprise. The papers in this section take a fresh look at aspects of IPRs, including the challenge that it is unacceptable to indoctrinate engineers in IPRs.

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Pre-workshop questionnaire from UKCLE site

Against Indoctrination - Teaching engineering students more than just the doctrines of Intellectual Property Law. Robert A. Heverly, University of East Anglia (178KB)

IPR: A Practitioner's View, Peter M. Dew (32KB)

Patent Marking Strategies: Why and Where, Janice Denoncourt (49KB)

Using UK Patent Office website and learning outcomes to structure brief but effective Intellectual Property Rights Learning opportunities (178KB)

The Journey towards Intellectual Property in the Engineering Curricula, Robert G McLaughlan, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia (76KB)

IP and Market Consequences - Dids Macdonald, CEO, ACID