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LICENSING

Some examples of intellectual property

Utility patents: For tangible inventions, such as machines, devices, and composite materials, as well as new and useful processes. Design patents: For the ornamental designs on manufactured products. Plant patents: For new varieties of plants.

There are four main types of IP protection for businesses:

- Copyrights

- Patents

- Trademarks

- Trade Secrets

Why intellectual property rights are important?

The importance of protecting intellectual property. Intellectual property (IP) rights are valuable assets for your business - possibly among the most important it possesses. ... set your business apart from competitors. be sold or licensed, providing an important revenue stream.

What is not covered by intellectual property?

Intellectual property refers to creations of the mind: inventions; literary and artistic works; and symbols, names and images used in commerce. Intellectual property is divided into two categories: Industrial Property includes patents for inventions, trademarks, industrial designs and geographical indications.

I have made intelligent Robotic Face Tracker not for commercial purpose, it first use case is for education and later I may turn possibilities to probabilities and license my design for any enterprise/company that may be interested in making money with my project design.

My work should be licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International. By TUYIHIMBAZE Serge

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FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES

It is possible that my intelligent robotic tracker can used in different sectors, Security to track and follow certain things, In transport to track cars, and entertainment for autonomous focusing in shooting. This time I will license my design for any enterprise/company that may be interested in making money with my project design