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Chapter 11
INVENTIONS AND INVENTORS
11.1 WHERE AND HOW DO MOST
TECHNOLOGY WORKERS
LEARN ABOUT IP?
Here is a simple question with profound implications: Where and how do most
technology workers learn about IP?
Here is the answer for the vast majority: on the job and on the y.
Precious few technology workers actually arrive at their place of employment
prepared to work with IP—patents in particular. is situation is unfortunate,
but it’s not surprising. ere are very few substantive college courses oered on
IP. Most graduate-level engineering schools oer no IP-related classes. Only a
small fraction of business schools oer a serious IP cours ...