The seminar aims at providing the students with an overview on the main Intellectual Property Rights (with focus on patents) along with a specific knowledge on the main patent filing options and strategies, the exclusive rights granted by a patent and the employees and researchers’ rights on the inventions realized during their work relationship with private and public entities, also through the analysis of relevant case law.

Expected outcome:

• identify pros and cons of the different patent filing options;
• clear understanding of the scope of protection of a patent;
• legal framework of the employees and researchers’ intellectual property rights and awareness of the risks deriving from a bad drafted employees’ contract.

Table of contents

• International or foreign patent filing strategies: Italian patent application, European patent application and PCT patent application: timing and costs;
• Rights conferred by patents (moral rights and property rights) and scope of protection;
• Employees and researchers’ rights on inventions: focus on Art. 64 and Art. 65 of the Italian Industrial Property Code and International perspective.

Detailed method
The workshop will be based on:

• interactive lecture;
• case studies.