Introduce IP to new potential users
Innovation and Protection | Intellectual Property Rights: Industrial Property Rights and Copyrights | Introduction to the different IP Rights | Practical applications
Enrich the knowledge acquired in the IP Fundamentals module | Work on deeper and more complex matters with frequent users of the IP system
Patent requests | Formal and procedural aspects of a patent application submission | International protection of inventions | The players in the IP system: IP National Offices, international institutions, the applicant and the inventor; patent examiner and the patent attorney | The special requirements for trademark protection | Practical approaches
Focus on the trade aspects related with intellectual assets, namely their transfer and exploitation | Analysis of the most frequent Science/Industry interactions and their most common related proceedings
Licensing and assignment of IP Rights: Legal regime; transfer of trade secrets and know-how | Dissecting a License Agreement - clause by clause analysis of the standard structure of a license agreement | Other typical tools for Science/Industry interactions: Non-disclosure Agreements, Material Transfer Agreements and Assignment Agreements | The IP Regulations in force in the universities and their relevance in the aforementioned context
Focus solely on this topic of Science/Industry interactions
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Streamline the relevance and the amount of technical information gathered in patent databases | Introduction to the most relevant patent databases | Train the trainees to conduct autonomous patent database searches focused on their particular knowledge and interest fields
Hands-on practical exercises using the most relevant patent databases (Espacenet, Patentscope and USPTO) | Presentation of relevant patent search criteria | Practical exercises on given technical fields and objects
Put into perspective the importance of trademarks and other commercial signs in every commercial activity | The specific requisites for trademark protection and the respective legal regime | Filing a national and international trademark application | Structuring an effective strategy for trademark protection and exploitation
Trademarks and other commercial signs | Exploitation of trademarks | Legal regime - the likelihood of confusion between trademarks and/or signs | Examples of possible trademarks accepted by IP law | National and international applications | Trademarks vs. domain names (URL) | role-play of an online application for a national trademark on the Portuguese Patent and Trademark Office website
Present the legal framework of design protection and its relevance for projects and entities focused on the creation and exploitation of innovative products
National and community design applications | Legal requisites for protection | The connection between design protection and other sources of protection offered by IP law
Analysis of the legal regime for the protection of works
Copyright and Neighbour Rights legal regime | The ownership of works and the legal framework applicable to works created in a collective entity | Exploitation of protected works - publishing agreements
Provide knowledge of the legal framework for software, open source and database protection;
Legal regime for software protection | Software as a corporate creation arising from collective efforts of employees/consultants | Software licensing and distribution agreements | Software and trademarks - points of contact | The open source regime for software dissemination | Database protection.