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SUMMARY:The importance of patenting and licensing for technology transfer
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Andrea Crottini\, Alberto Di Consiglio\nDo you see commerciali
 zation potential for your research? And you would like to know how to prot
 ect your intellectual property (IP)? Then this event is for you!\nIndeed\,
  patenting and licensing are very important in the context of your researc
 h\, and are fundamental to protect your invention. The goal of this webina
 r is to help you understand more about patenting and licensing and to offe
 r you the opportunity to ask your questions to our guests from the EPFL Te
 chnology Transfer Office (TTO)\, who are IP experts.\nThe two main topics 
 of this webinar will be organized as follow:\n\nPatenting: \nThis part foc
 uses around four axes\, in order to define and clarify the most important\
 , albeit complex\, patent-related topics of general interest:\n\n	What is 
 a patent and what is an invention?\n	Patentability criteria\n	Patentabilit
 y vs. freedom to operate: can I use my invention?\n	Procedural aspects: pa
 tent filing and strategy\n\nAs a conclusion\, a quick overview and take-ho
 me message as to how to pick the best from your lab work\, from the patent
 ing standpoint\, will be undertaken.\n\nLicensing:\nTransferring new techn
 ologies to impact the society is an important mission of EPFL.\nLicensing 
 to industry and startups is the most common way to transfer technologies\,
  as it opens the path to the market and it is an absolute reward for innov
 ators.\nThis seminar starts from the essential components of licensing\, a
 nd goes down to  term-sheets and license agreements.\n\nAgenda:\n09:00 - 
 09:05: Welcome and introduction by Hind Klinke\, Innovation and industrial
  partners coordinator\, STI.\n09:05 - 10:30: Patenting by Alberto DiConsig
 lio\, Patent manager\, TTO.\n10:30 - 11:00: Questions and answers about pa
 tenting.\n11:00 - 11:30: Licensing by Andrea Crottini\, Head of TTO.\n11:3
 0 - 12:00: Questions and answers about licensing.\n\nRegistration:\nThe re
 gistration for this event is free and the number for participants is not l
 imited. The registration link is available here.
LOCATION:https://epfl.zoom.us/j/66550920122?pwd=NmdiQzVGSlFSY1Q3VzhZaWl1Nm
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