VIDEO: Seminar "Intellectual property - from idea to patent and beyond"

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The seminar "Intellectual Property - From Idea to Patent and Beyond" aims to provide researchers and IP professionals with in-depth knowledge on IP protection, patenting and commercialisation.

Today, when innovation is an integral part of science and business, it is essential to understand how to effectively protect your ideas and turn them into commercially successful solutions. The workshop will cover a wide range of topics, from the basics of intellectual property types and authorship issues to a detailed analysis of the patenting process and how it links to commercial opportunities.

Workshop leader:
European Patent Attorney, Dr.sc.ing. Artis Kromanis - an expert with many years of experience in patenting inventions and technology transfer.

Part 1:

  1. Introduction
  2. Who is an inventor? How is the inventor connected to his/her workplace and/or co-inventors?
  3. What laws govern an inventor's activities in scientific institutions?
  4. What is intellectual property? Copyright, industrial property (patents, trademarks, designs, semiconductor topographies).
  5. What is know-how?
  6. What is a trade secret?
  7. What does licensing and transfer/alienation mean?

Part 2:

  1. Patents for invention - type of right; owner vs inventors; territory; term; patentable inventions vs unpatentable inventions; patentability criteria
  2. Utility model registrations - type of right and its features; owner vs inventors; territory; term; inventions to be registered
  3. Designs - type of right; owner vs designer; territory; term; grace period
  4. Trade marks - nature and division of rights; registrability; territory; term
  5. Semiconductor topographies - type of right; registrability; territory; term
  6. Plant varieties - type of right; registrability; territory; term

Part 3

  • Drafting and filing a patent application
  • Conducting a patent examination, including defining the subject matter of the invention for patent examination
  • What are claims? Why the claims of a patent application are the most important part of a patent application. Why does a patent application need a description and, in some cases, drawings? Who needs a summary of the patent application?

Part 4

  • Patent protection for the invention created, i.e. patenting strategy and plan
  • Preparation and filing of a priority patent application; priority period; filing and maintenance of the international application; significance and effect of the publication of the patent application; filing of national and/or regional patent applications based on the international patent application; maintenance of patents abroad

Part 5:

  • European patent system, including the European unitary patent and the European Patent Court