Further training: Basics of Patent Law

This webinar offers a brief, general introduction to the major kinds of intellectual property rights and compares them to one another. It then shifts focus to patents and the patenting process.
The requirements an invention must meet in order to be patented is regulated by law. Machines, compounds, and processes can be patented as long as they meet all necessary requirements, with the decisive criteria being novelty, inventive step, technicality, industrial applicability, and reproducibility.

This webinar introduces attendees to these basic requirements of patentability along with the limits of patent protection. It also discusses the basics of the patent application process and how a patent is structured.

Contents

• What are the different types of intellectual property rights?
• Patentability requirements
• Structure of a patent
• Introduction to the patent application process
• What kind of protection patents offer

Info about the event

You will receive login details and further information the day before the event.

Attendance is free of charge for anyone whose university is a member of innovation2business.nrw.

Registration is possible until 2nd November 2026.

Participation is free of charge for researchers, scientists, students and employees of Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences (member of the innovation2business.nrw network)!