Advanced lecture series on food technology

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• Lecture 1: 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.

    Dominika Baráč, examiner in food science and technology, EPO
    Doris Krajewski, examiner in food science and technology, EPO

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• Lecture 2: 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.

    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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• Lecture 3: 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.

    Danny Keenan, Vice-President Patents, Foods and Refreshment, Unilever Patent Group, UK

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• Lecture 4: 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.

    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 URL
  • The art of reading patent documentation URL
  • Introduction to the European patent system URL
  • Think patents: the value of patent documentation for innovation and research URL