The Nuts and Bolts of Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer

Together with UBC’s University-Industry Liaison Office (UILO), the Postdoctoral Fellows Office and Graduate Pathways to Success are proud to present a workshop that provides you with an essential understanding of intellectual property (IP) and academic technology transfer.

This 1/2-day workshop will help you:

• gain a general understanding of the field of intellectual property.
• understand the various stages and timelines in the process of obtaining a patent.
• utilize the free resources available to conduct a structured prior-art search yourself.
• participate in technology transfer processes.

This program is experimental and gives you opportunities to reflect on the value of IP, conduct a patent search, and learn about technology transfer processes from real-world case studies.

After participating, you will be:

• aware of the importance and strategic use of IP.
• able to find patents of interest and to evaluate the IP position of a technology.
• never again confused about whether this patent has been examined/issued/expired.
• confident to engage in technology transfer processes as a researcher.
• attentive to “red-flags” in regard to IP in research collaborations with other groups, institutions, organisations, or industry.

Instructor

Dr. Katja Mjos, Technology Transfer Officer, UILO