Wk 17 Invention, intellectual property
and income (June)
Assignment:
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Develop
a plan for dissemination of your final project
Intellectual property and
copyright rights reserved
Device:
product name:
"D'mala" © Sally Williams
May 2015
Whilst
the hardware and software design
files relating to D'mala is open source
for the Fab Academy community to
use or develop, I (Sally
Williams), reserve the
intellectual property rights for
the detail presented in it's
development and shared within fab
academy web archive.
Dated: 23 June 2015
Intention
I have
a genuine wish for my digital mala to be made
available on the market for buddhist
practitioners and mindfulness practitioners.
For my device to be truly wearable, useful and
effective, it would need to be refined and
manufactured to a more compact and discreet
scale. Therefore, future development would
incorporate these improvements and many more.
For cost-efficiency, I would look to produce
it in large volumes to reduce unit cost.
Distribution
Not-for-profit
As a buddhist, I would set up an arrangement
with Buddhist organisations to sell the device
with
all profits going to charity.
Distribution
income generation
The product could also be simplified and
developed to support Medical Practitioner's
efforts to encourage mindfulness where this is
prescribed as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
(CBT). The D'mala could be offered (e.g
through the NHS in the UK) as a companion for
the mental health patients suffering with
depression, stress and anxiety.
I am confident that other health
practitioners working with mindfulness
training would also be interested in
the D'mala.
Funding
for product development
The buddhist community I have no doubt
would be interested in such a device, as they
see it's direct benefit, therefore this
might succeed as a crowd-funded
project, especially as most of it's
revenue would be not-for-profit. If this is
not the case, then I would also look into
private funding.
© Sally Williams June 2015. All intellectual
property rights reserved.
