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| BIOL0022-1 | Introduction to intellectual property
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| Duration : | 10h Th, 10h Mon. WS |
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| Lecturer : | Nicole Antheunis |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the first semester, review in January |
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Course contents :
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| The course introduction to Intellectual Property initiate the Student to the rules of Intellectueal Property(IP), their importance, and how to implement them.
More specificaly the course comprises:
- Intellectual Property, copyright, trademarks and other distinctive signs, designs, trade secret, patents, Invention, patentability conditions.
- patentability in life science.
- different patent prosecutions: national, regional and international.The unitary patent.
- Different strategies, steps in patent prosecution and time constraints, priority right.
- Importance of the lab book, management of results versus IP strategy, confidentiality management.
- transactions involving IP: License/assignment: definition, types, return .
- freedom to operate and infringement: definition, types, examples.
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| -Understand what is Intellectual Property and its importance.
-Know what is patentable in life science and be able to detect a new potentially patentable invention.
-Use patent information in Research
-Manage Intellectual Property and confidentiality rules in Research .
- Be aware of the different strategies of Intellectual Property Protection .
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| None |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| Practical exercises by case analysis at each course . |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| face to face |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Powerpoint presentations and various documents available on eCampus. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Oral examination including questions on theory as well as exercices. To pass, a mark of at least 10/20 is needed. |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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Contacts :
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| n.antheunis@ulg.ac.be |
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| Items online : |
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| lecture notes |
| are available on e-campus at |
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