Hi, Innovation Services is arranging this autumn 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 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: 4th October 2017 at 9.15-16 Place: SÄ111 / 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 29th September 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: https://notio.oulu.fi/en/guides/Pages/Innovaatiokoulutukset.aspx

Patenttitietokantojen käyttö tutkimuksessa / Utilization of patent databases in research (0.5 ECTS) Time: 30th November 2017 at 9.15-16 (in Finnish) and 3rd May 2018 at 9.15-16.00 (in English) Place: TA102 / 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 Learning outcomes: The participant gets a good overview from principles of patenting, reading patent publications and searching patent databases. Course program: https://notio.oulu.fi/en/guides/Pages/Innovaatiokoulutukset.aspx Welcome! If you need more information please contact me.

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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