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Title An Introduction to Intellectual Property Rights in an Academic Context
Course number 5634
Programme 0-Inte del av forskarutbildningsprogram
Language English
Credits 1.0
Date 2023-03-20 -- 2023-03-24
Responsible KI department Institutionen för lärande, informatik, management och etik
Specific entry requirements
Purpose of the course This course aims to enable the participants to get a broad overview of intellectual property rights and discuss how intellectual property rights can be used to support and impact academic research. The course also aims to introduce the role intellectual property rights play in the utilization of life science research. The purpose of the course is to spread general awareness about intellectual property rights to academic researchers by mixing discussions with hands-on search exercises.
Intended learning outcomes After completion of the course, the participant shall be able to:
• demonstrate a basic understanding of how patent information can be used in a research context
• reflect on the value of using patent information in a research context
• identify intellectual assets in research projects
• perform a search for patent documents and assess their relevance in relation to the purpose of the search
Contents of the course Intellectual property rights are the legal rights that protect the results of intellectual work. The right to patent is one of the most well-known rights; it protects inventions that are novel, non-obvious and have an industrial use. The focus of the course is to discuss various aspects of intellectual property rights that are essential to know for a future career both within and outside academia. During the course, the participants will be able to learn from various stakeholders from the intellectual property rights industry.

Topics include:
• your right to intellectual assets as a researcher in Sweden (teachers’ exception)
• how you can manage intellectual property rights in research collaborations, including other jurisdictions than Sweden
• how publishing your research results can affect your legal possibilities to protect your results
• how you can identify research groups to collaborate with using patent information
• ethical considerations of patenting in relation to open science / access / innovation.
Teaching and learning activities The course will be built on five seminars, each three hours long, over the course of one week. The seminars will be followed by workshops that will introduce tools and databases that can be used to identify and evaluate intellectual property rights. The workshops will be based on the participants' own research projects.
Compulsory elements Attendance is mandatory for all participants. The course director assesses if and, in that case, how absence can be compensated.
Examination The participants are examined individually on a written report.
Literature and other teaching material Recommended literature:
Inventor’s handbook, European Patent Office, https://www.epo.org/learning/materials/inventors-handbook.html
Number of students 8 - 16
Selection of students Selection will be based on 1) the relevance of the course syllabus for the applicant's doctoral project (according to written motivation), 2) start date of doctoral studies (priority given to earlier start date)
More information This course will give you insight in how you can use intellectual property rights in your research and how you can protect your results using them. The course is organized by the Unit for Bioentrepreneurship in collaboration with KI Innovations. The course is made available under the Stockholm School of Entrepreneurship umbrella meaning that you will meet fellow doctoral students from other universities in Stockholm. During the course some of the seminars will be held by external collaborators such as The Swedish Patent and Registration Office and industry representatives.
Additional course leader
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Course responsible Hanna Jansson
Institutionen för lärande, informatik, management och etik
0852483861
hanna.jansson@ki.se
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