2019-2020 / SBIM2010-1

Intellectual Property and Patent

Duration

20h Th

Number of credits

 Master in biomedicine (120 ECTS)2 crédits 

Lecturer

Evelyne Gridelet

Language(s) of instruction

English language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the second semester

Schedule

Schedule online

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?
Practical know-how
  • 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

Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the Aug-Sept 2020 session

Assessment subjects

Assessment methods

Contacts