IP management: evaluation and protection

Critical reflection on the invention

• Critical reflection on the invention

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  Main purposes of this module:

  • to provide an overview of how inventions which are worthwhile to protect from a business perspective can be analysed to determine whether they are also protectable from a legal perspective
    
  • to provide support in defining the technical problem, searching the invention and determining whether it is in line with the business strategy 
    

  Topics to be covered:

  i.    Identifying the best inventions
  ii.   Defining the technical problem 
  iii.  Searching the invention - analysing prior art 
  iv.  Reviewing whether it is still in line with the strategic business purpose 

  
  

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  Key requirements for patentable inventions are novelty and inventive step (non-obviousness). To obtain legally strong patents it is therefore advantageous to have a good understanding of the prior art before starting to draft the patent application. 

  Different databases, search tools and search strategies can provide complementary information on the prior art. 

  Prior art documents which relate to the same or a similar problem as the invention should be carefully analysed. Once the prior art has been established, a reassessment of the strategic relevance of the invention needs to be undertaken. 

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    This module looks at how to analyse whether inventions which are worth protecting from a business perspective can also be protected and enforced from a legal point of view.
    

    Speaker: Robert Harrison (00:54:53h)

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    Here you can take a quiz if you want to obtain a certificate. The questions refer to this video.

    You need to register in the European Patent Academy’s e-learning centre and enrol to this course. 

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  • Select activity The basics of patent searching 

    The basics of patent searching