Patent – Trademark - Design - Software & Co.

The seminar "Patent – Trademark - Design - Software & Co." provides an overview of the most important intellectual property rights, their significance, application and costs. 

By using concrete examples from practice, scientists and university members are sensitized to recognize the potential of work results. The steps to obtain the respective protection and the path to prepare for further commercialization of the IP will be illustrated.

The seminar will explore a wide range of IP which may be generated at academia and which may be protected/commercialized. In addition to inventions this includes software, copyright, designs, trademarks and know how.

Contents

• Short overview of the possibilities for protecting research results
• Raising awareness of the potential of protectable work results
• Introduction to the steps for obtaining protection and for commercialization
• Concrete examples from practice

Speaker: Dr. Jürgen Walkenhorst
Dr Jürgen Walkenhorst is Innovation Manager at PROvendis GmbH. He has more than fifteen years of experience in technology transfer, especially in the licensing of life science re-search results, as well as many years of experience with patents and start-ups. For many years, he has regularly held seminars in the field of intellectual property rights. In addition to degrees in biology and molecular biology, he holds a de-gree in pharmaceutical business development and licensing and was/is a member of various relevant committees.

Free participation for scientists restricted to member of the innovation2business.nrw* network! Participants will re-ceive a certificate of participation afterwards..