Why do I create unrelated posts in people.utm.my?

First of all, after I ended my Latihan Ikhtisas, I was astounded that I have to “maintain” my people.utm.my webpage or blog.  Norah told me that I need to maintain it on regular basis to make UTM visible.  I was thinking at time, how am I going to do that?  Norah teaches me how to maintain it and in her own word “Ala, kau cuba tengok aku punya.  Tak payah letak benda-benda serious pun.  Aku letak resipi.  Nanti ada bengkel webometrik ni, jangan lupa pergi balik.  Cuba ingat balik apa yang aku dengan Nihra dulu pernah ajar.  Kau pernah pergi kan yang bengkel aku dengan Nihra buat dulu kat fakulti?”  [Translated:  Just look at mine. No need to put serious stuff.  I put recipe.  If there is a workshop on webometric, don’t forget to register and attend it.  Refresh back what Nihra and I have taught you before.  You have attended the workshop that we conducted at the faculty, right?”]  

So, I start to post various things that I think might be important to me or benefit others in one way or another especially certain posts that contain information that I get from attending workshop like TES workshop, journal and whatsnot.  Like the half-day workshop on commercialization  and Intellectual Property (IP) that I attended this morning (9 to 12 pm 25 June 2019, Tuesday),  I think I have attended similar workshop before I made some notes but I don’t remember where I put the notes now.   So, as I listen to the facilitator (and ask questions), I also write down the notes using this platform i.e. people.utm.my.  So, perhaps there might be some colleagues who need some information about commercialization (for example), might use my webpage as a guide because I would also link whatever relevant webpage on the post (this is to ensure that I know where to get detailed information myself). 

One of my colleagues said that it is not right to just copy-paste link to here but in my case, I will make sure that I will put some introduction of the link that I provide.  That’s the least I can do.

Secondly, I am not getting any younger.  So, I have the tendency now to forget things that I write on notebook and stuff.  On top of that, I cannot share it with others immediately as compared to if I write it on a post like this.  In a way that, I want to help others and myself just in case if we need some important information relevant to our work.  

Of course, I also write nonsense random rambling like about cat, recipes and whatsnot.  This is a way that I used to do when I did my PhD.  When I experienced writer’s block, I would write blog.  So, just to make sure that I would keep on writing no matter what.  My former supervisor, Steve said to me “Hadijah, if you cannot write or edit your thesis, don’t make yourself of not writing at all in a day.  You need to keep on writing in different format, style or place.  You will not lose the writing momentum“.   After not writing any journal article for one whole year during Latihan Ikhtisas (except editing my students’ articles), I feel as if I am starting to lose my writing style.  I need to do something about this.  When I told Norah about it, with a smile on her face, she replied “Sebab tu lah kau kena tulis post kat sini, Dijah” [Translated: That’s why you need to write any post here, Dijah].  

Thirdly, sometimes I forget how to do certain things even though there are posters about it such as how to apply leave using MyUTM,  or about conferences or events like Car Free Day.  I want to make sure that I can remember those events or conferences and at the same time, help to disseminate the information to others.  

There you go.  My reasons of writing nonsense random rambling posts.  😀

What can be commercialised based on products with Intellectual Property (IP)?_Part 2 by UTIM

Commercialization of Intellectual Property 

Why do we have to commercialize?

  1. Benefit for others
  2. Income generation
  3. Create employment opportunity (spin-off company – syarikat hiliran)
  4. Experience for business and networking

What should you do before commercialization?

  1. Get Intellectual Property first
  2. Marketability (have to do market survey first)
  3. Know about commercial acts

Note: Make sure that whatever you commercialize would be based on your expertise.  For example, if you have a cosmetic product but your expertise is in educational psychology, you can file for IP but it won’t be counted in MyRA.

But let’s say you have a module but Penerbit UTM does not want to publish it, you can copyright it first under InnoComm and then print it yourself and register your training in UTIM.  So, you can use your module for every single training that you do and then even though Penerbit UTM does not hold the copyright, yet you can still commercialize it under UTIM.  In this case, you commercialise your service and product i.e. module.  

 

What can be registered for Intellectual Property (IP)?_Part 1 by InnoComm

Why do we file for IP protection?

  1. To protect your IP from others copying, manufacturing, selling or importing your invention without permission
  2. ELPPT purposes: as bonus (10%).  
  3. Commersialisation purpose.  

What can be registered as IP?

  1. Your research output/findings.  For example, if you have a student, you can’t copyright the whole thesis.  You only can copyright the output or findings (which is part of the thesis).  Meaning, the output is UTM property and thus, as a staff or student, you can copyright your output.
  2. Your product such as “tudung” design, song lyric etc. that you can file under “patent“.   But one product can be copyrighted under patent and also industrial design, like tudung.  The design of the tudung itself falls under the industrial design but you declare it as a product that you create, it falls under patent.
  3. Your notes using OCW (this is not under Innovation and Commersialisation Centre or ICC or InnoComm).  

Where to apply a copyright for your product?

Go to this link

But, if you want to skip the process of copyright through ICC or InnoComm, you can use UTIM or do the copyright (pay the fee for RM200) yourself.  

UTIM is a UTM company that help you to copyright your work that you wish it to be yours, not UTM if 1) it is not related to your field, 2) you don’t use UTM facilities and 3) you don’t create the product during office hours.  

Note: Your password would be the one like UTMFIN (if you forget, email the IT manager UTMFIN to reset your password for you).

Who would be the main contributor?

ONLY ONE can be the main contributor.  So, if you have other researchers in your group, please make sure that you negotiate and discuss who would be the main contributor.  

Note: You need to put the percentage of the contributors as well especially if it involves monetary thingy.  Such as a product that you produce something that you can commercialize then later on you declare to cut certain percentage of those you put as contributors.   

Which is which?

a) Patent

Patent is a technical solution.  It has to be something new.  Need to have inventive steps that not obvious to be copied easily.  It has to have industrial applicable.  

It is advisable to patent first your work before you publish.  Once you publish, it is copyrighted under the publisher.  So, technically it is can be used under the copyright of the publisher.  That’s why you cannot recycle it again elsewhere.  

Things that cannot be patented

i) Discoveries like new species of animals, plants, mathematical and scientific methods

ii) Schemes of doing business 

iii) Methods of treatment to save animals or human (kaedah merawat) not medicines (medicines can be patented).

iv) Common name like “Kimono” (this is a common name referring to Japanese traditional clothing).  So, when Kim Kardashian wants to make “Kimono” as her patented and trademark, it is not allowed.  But for Apple, their trademark is the logo of the apple, not the word “Apple” itself.  But when people want to refer to their product, of course they use the word “Apple” but not referring to the fruit, but the gadget/IT product.  

b) Utility Innovation

No need inventory steps.  You still can file it to be IP.  

c) Industrial design 

It has to be external design.  For example, the inside component of a washing machine, you cannot file it under industrial design.  It has limited time frame for 10 years and need renewal.  

d) Trademark

You cannot request for a common name like Apple.  That is why “Apple” product only IP the logo (picture).  There is no duration for renewal and no need to be renewed.  Like paracetamol (is a industrial design) and thus it can reproduced by other company other than Panadol (it is a company).  You can also file IP for “phrases” like I’m lovin’ it (McD) – under branding etc.   but if you can notice it, they make the grammatical error with purpose because if their trademark is the fully grammatically correct phrase, then it would raise the issue of using the phrase for common usage. 

e) Trade secret

Like KFC recipe, coca cola recipe etc.  You can file for Trade secret (because it won’t be disclosed as compared to patent).  Like red velvet cookies (it is your new invention, if you copyright it, it just stops people from reproduce the ingredients but does not stop people from reproducing the product, so better do it under Trade Secret).  

f) Copyright (Hakcipta)

It has to be reduced into material forms like written form, audio/sound form etc.  It has to be the 1st one copyright in Malaysia.  Like Apps, musical work, sound recording, derivative works [(karya terbitan) contohnya kerja-kerja terjemahan] but you need to get permission from the author but is the author has died, you need to wait 50 years after his/her death.  Let’s say you want to translate Terman’s books.  He passed away in 1950s, so we can translate his work after 50 years of his death without getting any permission as long as his work is not published and patented with the organisation he worked when he copyrighted his work.  

It have to be registered under MYIPO.

 

 

Al-fatihah to my former lecturer_Part 1

It would never be easy to receive news about someone who has been in your life especially when you are their students.  You owe them a lot to be who you are today.  Today I receive a news from my friend about the passing of my former lecturer, Brother Muhammad Fuzi Omar (I would refer him as Brother because I known since even before he got his PhD).  Al-fatihah.