IP Discovery Workshop Series
Provides IP training for emerging researchers keen to learn more about Intellectual Property and specifically patent searching.
Focus on conveying:
- Reasons for searching, e.g. technical knowledge, competitor intelligence, novelty (patentability) searching, Freedom to Operate FTO.
- An understanding of when in the academic research timeline is good to do patent searching and when your TTO should be engaged
- How to do meaningful searching for technology in their area of research
- The different types of patent searching and how this can evolve from landscape searches to novelty to freedom-to-operate (FTO)
- The benefits of doing patent searching for their current academic position
- How patents or commercialisation are “recognised” as academic work outputs
- How publication and commercialisation are balanced and what strategies can be used to manage this effectively
Venue: Online - a Zoom link will be sent after registration
Format: Three one hour sessions (12pm-1pm) with optional Q&A time
Dates: 6, 13, and 20 March 2025
Registrations Close: 4 March 2025
Note: Places are limited.
The patent search training would be predominantly for gaining a deeper understanding of the commercial literature in their area of interest. Facilitated by Tim Stirrup Registered Patent Attorney | IP Consultant | Science Advocate | Innovation Champion
