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PAGE 10 â€" WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1. 1986 Melodee Martinuk Chronicle Staff MacDonalds; Harvey‘s; Burger Kingâ€"look out. WingNuts is here, and if its founders Bill Calder and Dave Harding have their way, this fledgling fastâ€"food takeâ€"out eatery specializing in chicken wings will become "the franchise of the ‘80s." Intellectual property can be of great value â€" if it can be protected. Without protection, it may be worthless. That‘s just one of the major themes to be explored by Prof. Alan Hale, University of Waterloo, Department of Mechanical Engineering, in a nonâ€"credit course offered by the office of partâ€"time studies this October and Noâ€" vember. The course is ‘"Protecting Your Ideas: Patents, Industrial Design Copywright, Trademarks and Trade Secrets" and will run Oct. 23 to Dec. 11, on Thursday evenings. It will deal with all aspects of the protection of intellectual property and how to profit from that protecâ€" tion. ‘"We‘ve had Harvey‘s and Burger King and MacDonâ€" ald‘s for a long...there‘s really been nobody to come onto the market will a new productâ€"â€"we want to do that," said Harding. ‘‘We want to be the franchise of the 80s. That‘s how Bill and I talk about this. Hale says it is designed to help independent inventors and scientific, technical and administrative persons who want to obtain a thorough knowledge of patents and the other forms of protection for ideas, creative works and so forth. The two partners opened their flagship outlet last week, at the corner of Columbia and King Street. By the New Year Harding and Calder expect to have outlets open in the United States, and before next spring they would like to see at least six new WingNuts operations open in Canada. A chain of WingNuts stretching across Canada and the US is the ultimate goal of the partners. Hale, a professional engineer and design instructor, ‘"Most of the fastâ€"food franchises available now are UW course deals with paten Your money‘s worth . and more Americanâ€"it‘s about time something started here in Canada, and moved the other way," said Harding. The idea that eventually became WingNuts was planted several years ago when Calder and Harding were vacationing in Mexico. "First of all, we already had an investment company and it was doing well. When we were in Mexico we started thinking we‘d like to get involved in a business together,"said Harding. Their first notion, to open a coffee shop, was quickly scrapped because it was "too boring, and everyone was opening donut shops." _ ‘*We felt the public was ready for a new taste in fast food. Let‘s face it, all there is out there in take out is hamburgers and pizza. We felt people were getting bored with that," said Harding. Instead they hit on wingsâ€"â€"still a fairly new food trend, although they were rapidly growing in popularity. _ has been processing patent applications covering his own His course will cover various topics, including: an inventions for a number of years. He has made a study of overview of intellectual property, its ownership and the patent system for many years because of the value; copyrights, trademarks and industrial design; fundamental importance of protecting ideas that have trade secrets vs. patents; improving the quality of commercial potential. He has taught about patents in the â€" patents; what can be patented; the patent application; engineering program at UW and has conducted nuâ€" patent claims and infringements; choosing a patent merous seminar/workshops on the subject. attorney or patent agent; foreign patenting; and *‘We Canadians have a deplorable record in the area of _ exploiting intellectual property. That was almost two years ago. During the next 18 months Harding and Calder "travelled everywhere" tasting wings ‘"all over the place, to see what people would like." We Canadians have a deplorable record in the area of invention. Almost everything we use or manufacture here was invented somewhere else," says Prof. Hale. ‘"‘I‘ve been crusading for many years now for the stimulation of creativity and entrepreneurship, because that‘s the best way to create new wealth in this country," he adds. But handâ€"inâ€"hand with that is the necessity of protecting new ideas or products invented by Canadians. And he admits that can be a daunting experience for anyone not familiar with the patenting process and the laws that govern intellectual property. What they came up with as a result of their research is | 4t jo. C C hronicle lassifieds Call 886â€"2830 BOWLING IS A FAMILY AFFAIR. AVE YOU BEEN LATELY? 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After 17 years, everything in a patent can be used by anyone for any purpose. This is one of the most valuable aspects of the patent system.‘" Searching the patent literature is also covered. It‘s open to any interested members of the community. Cost is $260. For more information, call the office of Partâ€"time Studies, 885â€"1211, ext. 4002. P According to Harding, early public response bodes well for the future of WingNuts. To celebrate their opening last week, the partners offered free wings, attracting some 5,500 people in just five hours. ‘Business has been marvellousâ€"better than we were expecting," he said, noting there‘s also been considerâ€" able interest expressed by investors interested in purchasing franchises. "We wanted our product to be exciting and fun; we wanted this to be really enjoyable environment to be in," said Harding. 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