Cours : IP management: evaluation and protection | e-learning centre

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    Innovation is the commercialisation of an invention. This course on IP management presents methodologies for making decisions on which technologies should be developed and which IP assets be created. IP needs to be protected, but protection costs money, so it must be assessed within the overall context of innovation potential and enforceability. In a global market, the life-cycle management of patents on a worldwide basis is key to making best use of the patent system to gain and maintain competitive advantage.

    In this course, you find five modules comprising each readings explaining the content, a recorded lecture and a quiz. Some modules also contain additional ressources complementing the training.

    You will have the possibility of obtaining a certificate, after having passed the quizzes with a total rate of at least 70%. You can repeat the quizzes as often as you want.

    If you want to take a quiz, you need to register in the European Patent Academy’s e-learning centre with your account and enrol to this course.

    Please also read the curriculum of the whole series.

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    1
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    In this module participants will be introduced to a number of innovation styles, IP decisions and process-control mechanisms, including the integration of IP-related activities into company innovation processes.

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      Module 1: About Page
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      Module 1: Recorded lecture Page


      Speaker: Donal O’Connell

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      Module 1: Presentation Fichier

      Download here the presentation material used in the lecture.

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      Quiz: Innovation processes and systems Test

      Here you can take a quiz referring to this module. If you want to obtain a certificate, make sure to be registered and logged in to this platform. You can repeat the quiz as often as you want; your highest score will be saved.

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    This module looks at the economic aspects of innovation and its importance for IP-based industries. It focuses on the impact of IP on the market and technology positions of the IPowner, and how a company’s success correlates with its IP position. The module also discusses how to fund IP creation.

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    This introduction to evaluation dimensions considers legal, technology, market and strategic fit. The relevance of technologies and IP to a company’s future can be evaluated from these different perspectives.

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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.

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    Participants will find out about different tactics for covering strategic markets, including how to use continuations and divisional applications to tweak the scope of the claims during patent prosecution. They will also find out about how to seek protection on a large geographic scale and how the costs involved in obtaining protection can be delayed.

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