Course: Advanced lecture series - Food technology | e-learning centre
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Patenting in the food industry
Patenting in the food industry – challenges from an examiner perspective
Patents in food technology are strategic instruments on the multi-billion-euro food market. Understanding the main challenges of patentability in food technology is key to deploying efficient patent protection. This video provides an insight into EPO practice.
07 October 2021 | Speakers: Dominika Baráč (Examiner in food science and technology, EPO)
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Developing an IP strategy
Developing an IP strategy: practical and post-grant aspects of food patents
From universities and SMEs to global companies, there are many different strategies for protecting inventions. Flexible IP strategies adapted to a company’s growth phases or its changing position in the innovation cycle help inventors best exploit the full value of their patents. Watch this video to find out more about these topics.
14 October 2021 | Speakers: Kim Wagner (European patent attorney, Plougmann Vingtoft, Partner, Head of opposition & litigation, honorary court-appointed expert at the Maritime and Commercial High Court – Sø- og Handelsretten, Copenhagen, Denmark)
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IP commercialisation
IP commercialisation
Innovation is at the heart of food technology, one of the world’s leading industries. Global food businesses evolve in response to changing consumer needs and utilise IP in order to protect and foster investment in differentiating technology as well as to enable collaboration. This video reflects these aspects.
21 October 2021 | Speaker: Danny Keenan (Vice-President Patents, Foods and Refreshment, Unilever Patent Group, UK)
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Meet an inventor from the food technology industry
Meet an inventor from the food technology industry (Oatly AB and Aventure AB)
In this video, inventor Rickard Öste talks about best practices on how to overcome challenges and hurdles to successfully reach the market.
09 November 2021 | Speaker: Rickard Öste (Inventor and co-founder of Oatly AB and Aventure AB, professor emeritus, Department of Food Technology, Engineering and Nutrition, Lund University, Sweden)
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More e-learning resources
To deepen your knowledge, we recommend you register in the European Patent Academy’s e-learning centre and enrol for the following self-paced courses:
From idea to patent
The art of reading patent documentation
Introduction to the European patent system
Think patents: the value of patent documentation for innovation and research
