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Knowledge Transfer | Accelerating Innovation KT Training – 9 September 2014
Introduction toIntellectual PropertyRights
D. Mazur – 9 September 2014
Knowledge Transfer | Accelerating Innovation KT Training – 9 September 2014
Knowledge Transfer | Accelerating Innovation KT Training – 9 September 2014
Overview• What are Intellectual Property Rights ? • How do IPR’s relate to CERN’s mission ?• Patents
• What is it ? • What can you do with it ?• How do you obtain one ?• Using Patent Information
• Copyright & Software • Trademarks• How does it all fit together ?
Knowledge Transfer | Accelerating Innovation KT Training – 9 September 2014
Overview• What are Intellectual Property Rights ? • How do IPR’s relate to CERN’s mission ?• Patents
• What is it ? • What can you do with it ?• How do you obtain one ?• Using Patent Information
• Copyright & Software • Trademarks• KT and how it all fits together
Knowledge Transfer | Accelerating Innovation KT Training – 9 September 2014
What are Intellectual Property Rights ?
Knowledge Transfer | Accelerating Innovation KT Training – 9 September 2014
Overview of IPR’s
Patent Copyright
TrademarkDesign
GeographicalIndication
Plant Variety
Integrated Circuit Layouts
TradeSecret
Knowledge Transfer | Accelerating Innovation KT Training – 9 September 2014
Characteristics of some IPR’sPatent Trademark Copyright
Rationale Incentive to inventPublic access to knowledge
Avoid confusion about source of goods / services.
Protection of authors
Subject-matter Inventions WordsPhrasesSymbolsDesigns, Sounds
Works of authorship, tangibly expressed.
Criteria NewInventiveIndustrially applicable
Capable of distinguishing goods/services.
Original work of authorship
Registration Yes Yes / No No
Duration 20 years Indefinite, subject to use
Life + 70 yrs70 yrs after publication
Knowledge Transfer | Accelerating Innovation KT Training – 9 September 2014
IPR’s and CERN ?• The right to prevent others from:
• using, manufacturing, selling, importing an invention.• using a trademark which is identical or confusingly
similar, in relation to products and services which are identical or similar.
• reproducing, distributing, performing work of authorship.
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Knowledge Dissemination ?
Knowledge Transfer | Accelerating Innovation KT Training – 9 September 2014
IPR – A transferable asset
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• The right to enable others to:
• use, manufacture, sell, import an invention.• use a trademark which is identical or confusingly
similar, in relation to products and services which are identical or similar.
• reproduce, distribute, perform work of authorship.
under agreed conditions.
Knowledge Transfer | Accelerating Innovation KT Training – 9 September 2014
Technology Transfer Models
Public Domain
Open Dissemination
Protected Dissemination
• GNU General Public License
• CERN Open Hardware License
• Copyleft
• Publication of invention
• Patents
• Proprietary licenses
• Trade secrets
Knowledge Transfer | Accelerating Innovation KT Training – 9 September 2014
Overview• What are Intellectual Property Rights ? • How do IPR’s relate to CERN’s mission ?• Patents
• What is it ? • What can you do with it ?• How do you obtain one ?• Using Patent Information
• Copyright & Software• Trademarks• How does it all fit together ?
Knowledge Transfer | Accelerating Innovation KT Training – 9 September 2014
The Patent System
Patent System
PatentApplication
GrantedPatent
Publication
Society
Applicant
Knowledge Transfer | Accelerating Innovation KT Training – 9 September 2014
What is a patent ? • Bibliographic
Information• Abstract• Description• Drawings• Claims
Knowledge Transfer | Accelerating Innovation KT Training – 9 September 2014
What can be patented ?• Inventions which are:
• New• Inventive• Industrially applicable
Prior Art
Date of Filing
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Not everything is an invention1. Discoveries, Scientific Theories, Mathematical Methods
2. Aesthetic Creations
3. Schemes, Rules and Methods for performing mental acts, playing games or doing business, and programs for computers
4. Presentations of information
… as such.
Knowledge Transfer | Accelerating Innovation KT Training – 9 September 2014
How is a patent obtained ?
Inventors
KT-IP
PatentAttorneys
PatentOffice
Knowledge Transfer | Accelerating Innovation KT Training – 9 September 2014
How is a patent obtained ?In
vent
ors
KT-
IPP
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t A
ttor
neys
Pat
ent
Offi
ce
Assessment& Search
NoveltySearch
Drafting
Assessment Review
Filing
Date ofFiling
Knowledge Transfer | Accelerating Innovation KT Training – 9 September 2014
How is a patent obtained ? In
vent
ors
KT-
IPP
aten
t A
ttor
neys
Pat
ent
Offi
ce
Search
Assessment& Response
Examination
Assessment& Response
Date ofFiling
Patent Granted
Knowledge Transfer | Accelerating Innovation KT Training – 9 September 2014
International Context (1)
Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (1883)
• Right of priority• National treatment
Knowledge Transfer | Accelerating Innovation KT Training – 9 September 2014
International Context (2)EuropeanPatentConvention
(1973)
Knowledge Transfer | Accelerating Innovation KT Training – 9 September 2014
International Context (3)Patent CooperationTreaty
(1978)
Knowledge Transfer | Accelerating Innovation KT Training – 9 September 2014
Patents and publications
• When can you publish without jeopardizing your patent application ?
Knowledge Transfer | Accelerating Innovation KT Training – 9 September 2014
Overview• What are Intellectual Property Rights ? • How do IPR’s relate to CERN’s mission ?• Patents
• What is it ? • What can you do with it ?• How do you obtain one ?• Using Patent Information
• Copyright & Software• Trademarks• How does it all fit together ?
Knowledge Transfer | Accelerating Innovation KT Training – 9 September 2014
The Patent System
Patent System
PatentApplication
GrantedPatent
Publication
Society
Applicant
Knowledge Transfer | Accelerating Innovation KT Training – 9 September 2014
Patent information• Volume: ~ 80 Million
patent documents.
• Growth: ~ 2 Million per year
• Between 500k to 1M «inventions» published per year
• Detailed classification
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Knowledge Transfer | Accelerating Innovation KT Training – 9 September 2014
Patent Search – Live Demo
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Knowledge Transfer | Accelerating Innovation KT Training – 9 September 2014
Overview• What are Intellectual Property Rights ? • How do IPR’s relate to CERN’s mission ?• Patents
• What is it ? • What can you do with it ?• How do you obtain one ?• Using Patent Information
• Copyright & Software• Trademarks• How does it all fit together ?
Knowledge Transfer | Accelerating Innovation KT Training – 9 September 2014
Copyright & Software
Software
Copyright
Invention ?
OpenSource
Proprietary
Considerations
• License types• Dependencies• Community• Liability• Cloud service• Support
Knowledge Transfer | Accelerating Innovation KT Training – 9 September 2014
Overview• What are Intellectual Property Rights ? • How do IPR’s relate to CERN’s mission ?• Patents
• What is it ? • What can you do with it ?• How do you obtain one ?• Using Patent Information
• Copyright & Software• Trademarks• How does it all fit together ?
Knowledge Transfer | Accelerating Innovation KT Training – 9 September 2014
Trademarks
• CERN logo and labels
• Names of… projects, software, buildings.• Boundaries of using «in trade»• Clearance
• Commercialization ?• Clearance• Apply for trademark
Knowledge Transfer | Accelerating Innovation KT Training – 9 September 2014
How does it all fit together ?
Knowledge Transfer | Accelerating Innovation KT Training – 9 September 2014
Questions – patents & trademarks
David Mazur
Tel. 70990