Overview
IP professionals need essential skills and knowledge to work in the IP landscape.
Whether you work in:
a commercialisation office
a research management office
an IP related business development role
an entrepreneurship office,
you need to know the IP landscape and have some critical skills and knowledge.
You need to:
rapidly accelerate your skills
become familiar with the environment you work in
know the most common agreements you work with, and
have a working knowledge of them.
If you are a scientist wanting to commercialise your innovation, you also need to have the essential skills covered in this workshop.
The workshop was developed in collaboration with a large university's commercialisation office and research management office which wanted their staff to skill up rapidly for their role, as well as to give their other staff a refresher.
Course Description & Learning Outcomes
This workshop covers
What Intellectual Property is
The Patent Application Process
Choosing Whether to Patent or to Protect by Trade Secret
The Commercialisation Window
Acheiving the Publication Objective as well as the Commercialisation Objective
Evaluating Technology for Commercialisation
IP Ownership Defects and How to Fix Them
What you must know about Confidentiality Agreements
What you must know about Material Transfer Agreements
What you must know about Research Agreements
What you must know about Research Agreement Schedules
Traps for the Unwary - The Implications of Joint Ownership of IP
Strategies to Find Commercial Partners and Licensees
Commercialisation Pathways: Assignment v Licensing v Start Up Companies
What you must Know About Licensing IP
Recommended Prerequisites
None
Pre-course instructions
None
Schedule
End Date: 15 Nov 2024, Friday
Location: Grand Pacific Hotel, 101 Victoria St, Singapore, 188018
Agenda
| Day/Time | Agenda Activity/Description |
|---|---|
| 14 November 2024 900am to 500pm | Workshop Day 1 |
| 15 November 2024 900am to 500pm | Workshop Day 2 |
Pricing
Skills Covered
PROFICIENCY LEVEL GUIDE
Beginner: Introduce the subject matter without the need to have any prerequisites.
Proficient: Requires learners to have prior knowledge of the subject.
Expert: Involves advanced and more complex understanding of the subject.
- Intellectual Property (Proficiency level: Beginner)
- Patenting (Proficiency level: Beginner)
- Confidentiality Agreements (Proficiency level: Beginner)
- Research (Proficiency level: Beginner)
- Licensing (Proficiency level: Beginner)
Speakers
Trainer's Profile:
Philip Mendes, Director, Opteon
Philip has represented 16 Australian universities, 2 Asian universities, and 8 medical research institutes in their commercialisation projects and research collaborations. He has presented over 200 workshops in Asia and Australia about the commercialisation of research outcomes produced by the research sector.
