Learning outcomes

At the completion of this course a Doctoral candidate:
- is able to demostrate and develop awareness of the relevance and impact of IP Law on his/her academic and professional lives
- is aware of different ways to protect his/her inventions
- has developed awareness of how patent information can be found and used
- has some idea about the most important patenting routes and systems
- has gained some knowledge about drafting patent applications
- has understanding regarding the interpretation of patent claims and the crucial role of patent claims in forming the scope of protection conferred by a patent

Contents

This course introduces students to Intellectual Property (IP) Law in general and especially a biomedical point of view in patent matters. The course is targeted for students/scientists with little or no prior knowledge of IPR, and especially for those aiming at transferring from academic research to company R&D, or for those planning a career in the field of IPR (such as patent examiner, corporate patent agent or patent attorney).The emphasis of the course is patenting of biomedical, pharmaceutical and health care applications.

Evaluation

Belongs to following study modules

2018–2019

Teaching

Archived Teaching Schedule. Please refer to current Teaching Shedule.

MOLI A Biomedical View of Patenting