Duration
20h Th
Number of credits
| Master in biomedicine (120 ECTS) | 2 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
English language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
General introduction to intellectual property General information about patents Conditions of patentability Procedure for obtaining a patent Freedom to operate Use of patent databases
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Theoretical knowledge
- The various intellectual property rights
- Right to the invention
- License, assignment of rights
- Duration of the patent, including supplementary protection certificate and influence of the date of market authorization
- Territorial coverage of the patent
- The various parts of the patent
- Determination of the scope of the patent
- Obligation to disclose the invention
- Exceptions to the "right to exclude"
- Difference between "right to exclude" and freedom to operate
- Conditions of patentability and exceptions
- Procedure for obtaining a patent (priority, choice of territories, publication, examination of the patent application, grant)
- Freedom to operate: how to check if an invention is covered by a patent?
- Know how to check if an invention is protected by a patent, on the basis of said patent and of a description of the invention
- Know how to check if an invention is new compared to a document of the state of the art
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Ex-cathedra classroom course
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
Classroom
Recommended or required readings
The documents will be available online at least two weeks before the start of the course
Assessment methods and criteria
Written exam including open questions (between 40 and 60% of the marks) and a true or false quiz (between 40 and 60% of the marks)
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
The course can be given in French and / or in English
Contacts
Evelyne Gridelet : 0470 99 50 63
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session
Teaching methods implemented : distance-learning
Assessment subjects
What was seen during the lectures except the few parts explicitely indicated as excluded
Assessment methods
Remote exam, with open book. You can also look for information on the internet to answer to the questions.
Contacts
Please call, that will be easier than an email 0470 99 50 63