- Essentials for exploitation of R&D results and know-how as well as of inventions and technologies; - Comprehensive overview concerning the options, strategies und duties of technology exploitation, as well as legal and institutional environment; - Deeper understanding in selected topics; - Introduction of participants to opportunity check and technology exploitation in research fracilities in comparison with exploitation in companies.

Introduction: Basics concerning intellectual property, invention- and know-how protection 1 Options for exploitation of intellectual property 1.1 Selling or licensing 1.2 Start-up route 1.3 R&D Projects, Consulting 2 Development of strategies 3 Businessplan and Technology offers 4 Use of databases: information about state-of-the-art and market 5 Protection of IPRs: Non-disclosure agreements, R&D contracts, patenting (preconditions/processes/options/strategies) 6 Business development

limited participants; Target groups: advanced students and scientists

written examination, registration on TISS

- presentation slides as handout

- The inventors' handbook, published by the European Patent Office, provides a comprehensive insight in the main topics of the lecture at http://www.epo.org/topics/innovation-and-economy/handbook.html