Toward the Commercial Exploitation of Research Results

IPR Management for Researchers

Date: Thursday 18th of December 2014

Venue: 3rd Floor Seminar Room, Physics Department, University of Crete

Trainers: Dr. Michael Katharakis, Director Training Centre, Chamber of Heraklion, &

Artemis Saitakis, Director, Science Technology Park of Crete

10.30 – 11.00 Introduction to IPR (Artemis Saitakis)

 The concept

 What is all about

 The history

 How it works

11.00 – 12.00 Ways of IPR Protection (Artemis Saitakis)

 Patents

 Industrial Designs and Integrated Circuits

 Utility Models

 Copyright

 Trademarks

 Trade secrets

 Other

12.00 – 13.00 The Legal Framework for IP (Artemis Saitakis)

 National and International laws

 International Convention for IP

 IPR organizations

13.00 – 13.30 IPR and HORIZON2020 (Artemis Saitakis)

13.30– 15.00 Lunch break – Networking

15.00 – 16.00 Understanding Patents (Artemis Saitakis/Michael Katharakis)

 Patentability and ownership

 Procedures, costs and duration

 Patent Claims

 Patent searching

 Statistics and numbers

16.00- 16.30 Case studies Artemis Saitakis/ Michael Katharakis

16.30 - 17.00 Open discussion, questions and practical exercise Artemis Saitakis/ Michael Katharakis

Toward the Commercial Exploitation of Research Results

Date: Friday 19th of December 2014 

Venue: 3rd Floor Seminar Room, Physics Department, University of Crete

Trainers: Dr. Michael Katharakis, Director Training Centre, Chamber of Heraklion, &

Artemis Saitakis, Director, Science Technology Park of Crete

10.30 – 12.00 Introduction to exploitation of research results and commercialization of IPR (Artemis Saitakis/ Michael Katharakis)

 Basics

 Aims and Objectives of commercialization

 Technology Transfer

 Innovation Sources

 Science & Industry Gap

 Open Innovation

 Clusters

 Trends

12.00 – 12.30 The power of IPR (Michael Katharakis)

 Opportunities and business potential

 Power of negotiation

 Occupational prestige

12.30 – 13.30 IPR Strategies and Commercialization (Michael Katharakis)

 Selling IP Rights

 Licensing IP Rights

 Establishing joint ventures

 Creating Spin-offs

13.30 – 14.00 Lunch break - Networking

14.00– 14.30 Exploitation mechanisms and models (Artemis Saitakis)

14.30 – 15.30 Case studies (Artemis Saitakis/ Michael Katharakis)

15.30- 17.00 Open discussion, questions and practical exercise (Artemis Saitakis/ Michael Katharakis)