Introduction to Intellectual Property
12 December 2018
Intellectual property (IP) refers to creations of the mind, such as inventions, literary and artistic works, designs, and symbols, names and images used in commerce. IP is protected in law by, for example, patents, copyright and trademarks, which enable people to earn recognition or benefit from what they invent or create. Through their work, researchers, including PhD students, generate IP that is valuable for the Society. The management of this IP is central to ensure technology transfer from the University to Companies, that will make the research results accessible to the market.
Aims of the course
To give participants an understanding of IP issues
To give participants tools to implement IP issues in their research project
To raise participant’s awareness of the importance of IP for research funding
To raise participant’s awareness of the importance of IP for maximizing research impact
By the end of the course, the participants should be able to:
- Describe IP policy at ULiège
- Understand the different ways of protecting research results
- Use correctly the tools to ensure invention protection (lab notebook, NDA, MTA)
Target group
PhD candidates. Course is limited to 20 participants
Prerequisites
Working knowledge of English.
Duration of the course
4 h
Location
J-M Ghuysen large room; B34 +5
Educators
Elodie NAVEAU, Patent Manager, Interface Entreprises, ULiège
Annick HOUBRECHTS, Technology Transfer Officer, Interface Entreprises, ULiège
The course schedule
9:00-9:30 Introduction to technology transfer (A. Houbrechts)
9:30-10:30 Ways to protect your research results - Theory (E. Naveau)
10:30-10:45 Break
10:45-11:30 Ways to protect your research results – Case study (E. Naveau)
11:30-12:15 IP Policy at ULiège – Available tools (A. Houbrechts)
12:15-13.00 Questions/Answers (All)