Innovation Services is arranging this spring two courses from intellectual property rights (IP). Copyrights, patents and trademarks are in the news almost daily. IP rights do not have meaning only in business life. Research work produces and utilizes also IP rights. Come to listen to interesting talks and learn how you can protect and utilize your results more efficiently! Know-how from IP rights is an important part of working life skills. Courses are: IP rights and research (0.5 ECTS) Time: 27th March 2018 at 12.15-16 (part 1/2) and 28th March 2018 at 9.15-12 (part 2/2) Place: HU209 (27th March), KTK122 (28th March) / Linnanmaa campus or participation online (https://connect.funet.fi/innovationhttps://connect.funet.fi/patentti) To whom: PhD students, researchers, group leaders, students and all interested in IP rights Registration: Weboodi or by email to Maarit.Jokela@oulu.fimailto:Maarit.Jokela@oulu.fi at latest 23rd March Language: English Learning outcomes: The participant gets a good overview from different forms of IPR (e.g. copyrights, patents, trademarks) and how he/she should take IPR into account when giving lectures, publishing results or planning a new business based on his/her know-how or an invention. Course program: http://bit.ly/2GckYG7

Utilization of patent databases in research (0.5 ECTS) Time: 3rd May 2018 at 9.15-16 Place: PK251 (Pegasus library, Linnanmaa campus) To whom: PhD students, researchers, group leaders, students and all interested in IP rights Registration: Weboodi or by email to Maarit.Jokela@oulu.fimailto:Maarit.Jokela@oulu.fi at latest 27th April Language: English Learning outcomes: The participant gets a good overview from principles of patenting, reading patent publications and searching patent databases. Course program: http://bit.ly/2F7bJ8R

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Best wishes, Maarit _____________________________________________________

Maarit Jokela, PhD (Biochem.) Innovation Manager [oulun+yliopisto_logo_eng_black_rgb_1 cm] University of Oulu Innovation Services P.O.Box 4300 (street address: Erkki Koiso-Kanttilan katu 1) FI-90014 University of Oulu FINLAND

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