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About this training
Patents and European Patent Law
Patents represent a key enabler of innovation and economic growth. They allow to efficiently protect intellectual property in return to the disclosure of the invention. Within this context, this seminar will provide an introduction to the various aspects of patenting and will allow participants to identify whether they have a patentable invention and how to start the process.
Learning outcomes - participants can/know
Patents represent a key enabler of innovation and economic growth. They allow to efficiently protect intellectual property in return to the disclosure of the invention. Within this context, this seminar will provide an introduction to the various aspects of patenting and will allow participants to identify whether they have a patentable invention and how to start the process.
Learning outcomes - participants can/know
- What is a patent and why patents trigger growth? Practical examples of how patents can help a startup grow will be shown to motivate and show the importance of the topic.
- The European Patent System. A review of the EPC (European Patent Convention). The European Patent Office. The World Intellectual Property Organization.
- Patentability criteria. Novelty and Inventive Step. The main patentability criteria will be reviewed and illustrated by examples.
- Life of a patent. What happens from the moment of filing a patent to the moment of delivery? And after?
- Practical examples of patent litigation cases in software.
- UNIBE staff members, students and potential authors of patents.
- A certificate will be delivered to participants who have attended the whole training.
- The coaches are local or external experts
Practical information (time, location ...)
Time : 2019-09-13 12:30 - 17:00
Location : University Mittelstrasse Building, Room 124, Mittelstrasse 43, University of Bern
Training language: English
Participants : Max 25
Registraion : Mandatory
Coaches : Dr. Johann Stan (coach), PD Dr. Sigve Haug (responsible)
Certificate : Certificate for full training attendance
Location : University Mittelstrasse Building, Room 124, Mittelstrasse 43, University of Bern
Training language: English
Participants : Max 25
Registraion : Mandatory
Coaches : Dr. Johann Stan (coach), PD Dr. Sigve Haug (responsible)
Certificate : Certificate for full training attendance
Lecturers
The lecturer and coach for this training is Johann Stan. He has a PhD in computer science. He is passionate about innovation, research and development.
Author of patents, publications and prototypes in various scientific fields, such as information extraction, privacy preservation, semantic web and recommendation mechanisms, he is interested in developing technology that improves people's lives. Currently he is a patent examiner at the European Patent Office.
Patent portofolio: http://patents.justia.com/inventor/johann-stan
Author of patents, publications and prototypes in various scientific fields, such as information extraction, privacy preservation, semantic web and recommendation mechanisms, he is interested in developing technology that improves people's lives. Currently he is a patent examiner at the European Patent Office.
Patent portofolio: http://patents.justia.com/inventor/johann-stan
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Your code doesn't compile, you need more computing power, more storage, a data mangament plan and
so on - drop an email, call or pass by our office. Cheers, Sigve
Our wepgabe is scits.math.unibe.ch.
