CONTEXT
Knowledge of Intellectual Property Rights,
such as patents, trademarks, designs or
copyrights, allows to safeguard original creations
of human intellect.
How these legal Rights represent a significant part
of your company’s value and how they need to be
managed is an inevitable step in creating
a successful business.
We are launching a new service offering
with our PRONOVEM IP Academy dedicated
to company workers occasionally in contact
with Intellectual Property. To guide them
through the labyrinth of IP Right’s Management
by introducing IP theory and more still by
illustrating it.
Open-up your mind
Participatory Intellectual Property Initiation
with a direct impact on job-related responsibilities
Ave Josse Goffin 158, 1082 Brussels
Tel. +32 2 426 38 10 
Email : [email protected]
Contact : ir. Chris Verdeyen 
www.pronovem.com
© 2016 PRONOVEM
IP Intro
06-02-2017
Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, Domain names,
Design
An overview of available Intellectual Property Rights
protecting innovation by Law.
An overview of implications for company functioning and
business strategy.
IP Academy 2017
Mondays from
16h30 - 19h30
Patent prosecution
20-02-2017
European Patent
Protecting a company’s invention based on patents is
facilitated when you have a basic understanding of the
major patenting prosecution systems.
We look at the lifecycle of a patent application filed with
the EPO (European Patent Office).
Invention Disclosure
27-03-2017
European Patent
Contrary to individual national patent applications, seek
protection for several countries simultaneously using only
one application to start with.
The (relative) costs of these Patent prosecutions and
a first glimpse at Patent filing strategies is also part of
what you will learn.
The ID document
How to organize a company ID policy?
Disclosing an invention sounds pretty severe but is
(or should be) a natural course of events in an
innovative environment.
An invention can only follow the road of innovation
towards commercialization when -from the startit is properly described and only disclosed within the
company by using the appropriate channels.
The ID document is one such TOOL,
facilitating disclosure.
This course will provide you with the necessary
understanding AND the necessary arguments to sustain a
proper disclosure of company inventions.
Patent prosecution
20-03-2017
3 Patentability Requirements
08-05-2017
US Patent
International patent application
We look at the lifecycle of a patent application filed with
the USPTO (US Patent and Trademark Office) and WIPO
(World Intellectual Property Organization, based on the
PCT (Patent Cooperation Treaty)).
How these systems allow company business to
postpone early decision making in innovation?
Novelty, Inventive step and Industrial application
Even before filing for a patent application and
surely during patent prosecution, these 3 requirements
remain essential criteria for an invention to be
protectable by means of a Patent. How do you take them
into account during the different steps of the innovation
journey?
Patent prosecution
06-03-2017
Opposition, infringement and litigation
29-05-2017
EPO, BE
Once a company’s Patent is granted, it is ready to be
opposed, infringed or contested before Courts.
Being aware of the implications of these different
procedural steps is what a company should consider
basic knowledge.
Apple recently received a US fine of 234 million dollars
for infringing a patent of Wisconsin University on a
technology used in iPhone 5S, iPad Air et iPad Mini…
We use the European & the Belgian Patent systems as our
lead to raise your awareness.
Trademarks, Design, Copyrights
12-06-2017
The other Intellectual Property Rights
Patents is one of the major IP Rights you might be
confronted with but knowledge of other IP Rights such as
Trademarks, Design and Copyright is needed.
Indeed, their value as an intangible asset is equally to
be managed.
IP Valuation
26-06-2017
Monetary evaluation of Patents & Trademarks
Why assessing the monetary value of a Patent or a
Trademark should interest a CEO? The awareness comes
when companies are faced with changes in company
structure or when the need for financing draws the
company to the necessary conclusions.
It is the IP Manager’s function to be aware of the
possibilities of IP Monetization.
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IP Contracts and Licenses
11-09-2017
Trading IP Rights
Once IP Rights are established, they become tradable
goods and therefore subject of trade contracts. Another
way to validate your exclusive Right is by entering into a
licencing agreement with a third party who, in exchange
for royalties, will be granted the right to exploit your
patented invention. But all this equally applies to your
brand name, model or copyright. An overview of
negotiation items to be taken in account.
IP & software
25-09-2017
IP in the context of Open-Source & software
implemented inventions
Open-innovation and open-source are often
interchanged concepts. Open-innovation is not the
bluntly free use of innovative products without license or
any other remuneration and neither is the open-source
approach that is often advocated in software related
copyright protection. In this context IP Rights can provide
a transparent base for contractual technology transfer or
for future collaboration. Inventions implicating
(open-source) software and how we can protect them is
one aspect we will cover in this course. Implications for
our daily use of (open-source) software in a company
context is another aspect where the IP Manager needs to
raise awareness.
IP Database search
09-10-2017
Use of free and private data providers
Patent Databases are a source of information for all
levels of management by providing details on certain
inventions or on developments in a new domain to R&D
or even by disclosing early competitor information to
Sales long before it’s on the competitors’ website. There
is free patent information available online. But we also
introduce you to a Data Provider who processes Patent
information to raise accuracy and to enhance visual
presentation of the data. Typical focus points: patent
databases as a source of information not only to
evaluate the patentability but also to evaluate
freedom-to-operate, to complete the state-of-the art
of an R&D project (including also non-patent-literature)
and to better identify the strategy of competitors or
potential partners by IP landscaping.
Alternative Dispute Resolutions in IP
23-10-2017
Negotiation, Arbitration, Mediation as an alternative
to litigation
Alternatives to settle IP Right disputes out of Court?
Discover existing possibilities.
Case studies.
At the end we invite you to the course drink where
every participant of this year’s IP Academy is invited
and networking can be deepened.
IP Management
06-11-2017
IP Management Tools
We are looking into a set of Tools available to
company IP Managers. They cover the different aspects
of IP Management: Technical IP-Facilitation, IP-Legal
Liaison & IP-Business Management. We also present
our new service of putting In-House IP Managers at your
availability. They are delegated to your company by
our partner the engineering company TMC and take up
the role of making the management of your intellectual
knowledge creations part of your daily business.
IP & Biotech
20-11-2017
IP in the context of Biotech inventions / Deposition
of biological material / Plant Breeders Right /
Supplementary Protection Certificate
The Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources is
just the latest development in Biotech inventions that you
might need to take into account. Other aspects specific
for Biotech or Pharma related inventions are elucidated.
Unitary Patent for EU and the Unified Patent court
04-12-2017
Finally united?
A patent with unitary effect in Europe has been in the
pipeline for ages. But at this very moment the ratification
by European countries who participate is in a concluding phase. Still, how will Brexit effect this process? Is it
like reading the tea-leaves or is the final objective within
reach: 1 supranational patent protection ?
The basics and possible adaptation of your IP Policy gets
attention in this last course. You equally get an overview
of the different divisions of the European Patent Court
and their localization.
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OUR PEOPLE
Profile examples
10 Experienced IP Tutors
Continuous coaching support
Extensive student collaboration
Flexibility
Course package or selective lessons
For in-company training (at PRONOVEM or your
premises), contact PRONOVEM for details and pricing
Competitive Pricing
490 euro/person for the full package of 16 lessons
50 euro a lesson/person
Senior IP Tutor
Senior IP Valuation Evaluator
Joëlle Van Malderen
Armand Schmitt
Junior IP Tutor
IP Manager and Mediator
Pieter Goovaerts
Chris Verdeyen
Physical Engineer
30 years of professional experience
European & Belgian and Luxembourg Patent Attorney
European and Benelux Trademark Attorney
Full range of IP Management capacities
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30 years of professional experience
European & Luxembourg Patent Attorney
Full range of IP Management capacities
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