Protecting ideas - how?

The protection of inventions from academic research is becoming increasingly important - not only for commercial exploitation, but also for the academic record of a scientist. Bonn-Rhein-Sieg university's Graduate Institute, jointly with the Science and Technology Transfer Center, offer a 1 1/2 hour seminar on patents: When (and why) can patents be useful, and what is the formal procedure to obtain one. The seminar is open everybody interested in the topic, including students, PH.D. candidates and University staff. Please let us know you're coming at gi@h-brs.de. Depending on the audience, we will try to accommodate German speakers as well as English speakers.

Location:

Campus Sankt Augustin Grantham-Allee 20 Sankt Augustin Room F 418 Wing F

Date: Monday, 29th October, 14.30 - 16 pm.

Program:

Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) course

1. Research, invention and protection of knowledge: a practical guide to successful IPR-protection

• Technical problem & Research idea
• Invention
• How to apply for a patent
• Other opportunities to protect knowledge

2. Graduate thesis and property rights: Fields of conflict

2.1. Graduate thesis related to industrial final thesis contracts

• Main issues related to industrial final thesis contracts

2.2. Single genius or collaborative work

• Graduate thesis and employment
• Invention as employee: What do I have to care about, what is to be done?
• Scholarship programs: The problem of the "independent inventor" : Main differences, risks and chances