IPR and Business

After the training, the participants understand the meaning of industrial rights and their utilization in the company’s business operations.

In the training, the processes and operation models relating to the mapping of both the internal and external risks and possibilities of the company are examined, including for instance the following aspects:

• Utilization of industrial rights in business operations
• Utilization alternatives
• Mapping and safeguarding the company’s operational environment
• Company’s internal risks
• Company’s external risks
• Recognizing the company’s unique know-how
• Importance of IPR strategy
• Innovation process and implementing an innovation system
• Employer’s rights and responsibilities
• Employee’s rights and responsibilities
• Rewarding system
• Recognizing the level of both the technology and the competitors
• Why invest in protection, what are the alternatives available?
• Applying for protection
• Development and management of patent portfolio

After the course, the participants understand the advantages of the IPR system for the company’s business.