Intellectual Property

Entrepreneurship is a significant driver of economic growth and job creation. It facilitates the creation of new companies, new markets and nurtures new skills and capabilities. Innovation and Entrepreneurship combined give rise new ideas, products, processes and services. Student entrepreneurs must learn to take risk and develop business strategies to bring these innovative products and services to market. The certificate programme will enable undergraduate students to be innovative and entrepreneurial in their approach to problem solving and addressing national, international and societal issues related to their discipline and beyond. It is a cross-disciplinary educational initiative that will be complementary to any area of study. It aims to combine theoretical concepts underpinning innovation and entrepreneurship with practical industry experience.

During the intellectual property module the following themes will be introduced:

• Novelty, Copyright and Intellectual Property introduces students to the issues and actions associated with quality, early identification and protection of intellectual property. These include an exploration of copyright, patenting, trademarks, industrial design and know-how as well as ways of deriving value from the ‘unprotectable’. Students will be given the opportunity to interact with experts in these areas of practice.

• Target students: Master - PhD students

• Credits awarded to incoming students: 5 ECTS

• Dates: 3 - 7 February 2020

• Contact person: Terre Duffy

• Admission fee: None

• Application deadline: 15 January 2020

• Application procedure: Apply using the application form (Please include CV & motivation letter)

• Prerequisites: Engineering PhD students and students completing a Masters in Engineering.

• Language level: Minumum English level B2. IELTS or TOEFL certificate is prefered.

• Contact person administration: Anna Baczek

• Funding: Contact home institution

• Accomodation: More info can be found here