Duration
10h Th, 10h Mon. WS
Number of credits
| Master in biochemistry and molecular and cell biology (120 ECTS) | 2 crédits |
Lecturer
Coordinator
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The course introduction to Intellectual Property initiate the Student to the rules of Intellectueal Property(IP), their importance, and how to implement them.
More specifically the course comprises:
- Intellectual Property, copyright, trademarks and other distinctive signs, trade secret, patents, utility model, supplementary protection certificate.
- patentability conditions, particulary patentability in life science. Importance of Budapest treaty and Nagoya Protocol.
- different patent prosecutions: national, regional and international.The unitary patent. Comparaison european and US prosecution.
- Selection of the adequate patent strategy, different 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.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
-Understand what is Intellectual Property and its importance.
-Be aware of what is patentable in life science and be able to detect a potentially patentable invention.
-Use patent information in Research.
-Manage Intellectual Property and confidentiality in Research.
- Be aware of the different strategies of Intellectual Property Protection .
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
None
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Practical exercises by case analysis at each course .
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
face to face
Recommended or required readings
Powerpoint presentations and various documents available on eCampus.
Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination including questions on theory as well as exercices. To pass, a mark of at least 10/20 is needed.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
n.antheunis@ulg.ac.be
Items online
lecture notes
are available on e-campus at