This week we received a guest lecture from Professor Parik
Goswami. Professor Goswami is the head of the textile department here at the
University of Huddersfield, he is also known for being and avid inventor within
the material engineering sector.
Professor Goswami primarily thinks that innovation can be
taught however, he believes there is a strong difference between invention and
innovation. He sees invention as the idea that is created with the aim of
making something new. Innovation is imagining the idea into a product and is
generally seen as a successful application of the initial idea. The following
equation is used to describe innovation.
Innovation = Invention + Exploitation
As an inventor, he was keen to share with us the importance
of protection of our ideas through the power of intellectual property. The
variations of security against intellectual property are: Trade Marks, Patents, Registered Designs, Copy Right. These forms of security made me reflect on my own work and
how it is not secure. I will look further into this security as I progress
with my Major Project as fashion is something that can be easily stolen.
