Week 18

Future plans

My project is intended to be implemented in large scale in collaboration with third parties. I intend to scale it up and find a team consisting of investors engineers(both civil and mechanical) to take part in its development. I would like this in essence to be an income generating venture that will create employment to a large population of people. I will begin with having a proper business plan that can be used to woo investors. There is a deep need for proper market research since this is a new venture especially i Africa. Once investors are on board it is time to create a team that will work towards making the vision a reality. once one car park has been made and established others can also be built in other towns and cities all over africa and the world. On a smaller scale i would like to implement the prototype as a fun and interactive plaything that can also be used to familiarise children with Engineering principles.

Licence

Types of intellectual property

There are different types of intelectual properties;

Patent

A patent is an exclusive right granted for an invention. It provides the patent owner with the right to decide how or whether the invention can be used by others. In exchange for this right, the patent owner makes technical information about the invention publicly available in the published patent document.

Trademark

A trademark is a sign/mark placed to distinguish the goods or services of one enterprise from those of other enterprises.

Industrial design

An industrial design constitutes the ornamental or aesthetic aspect of an article. A design may consist of three-dimensional features, such as the shape or surface of an article, or of two-dimensional features, such as patterns, lines or color.

Copyright

These are rights that creators have over their literary and artistic works.copyrights are used on works such as books, music, paintings, sculpture and films, computer programs, databases, advertisements, maps and technical drawings.

I looked through the licencing options and i chose the creative commons licence which will be great for sharing my work.