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)