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Workshop on Intellectual Property Rights
Last Updated: 2026-02-05 15:48:27
Abstract
The workshop is an introduction to intellectual property rights. It informs participants about the different methods of protecting technical know-how and puts them in a position to use this knowledge for their own research. The workshop includes exercises and use cases tailored to mechanical engineers. A section on IP strategy and commercialization rounds up the program.
Objective
Knowledge about patents and other intellectual property (IP) rights has become increasingly important for scientists in the field of mechanical engineering. In fact, many PhD students disclose their first inventions here at ETH Zurich. The workshop is an excellent introduction to the fundamental aspects of intellectual property (IP) rights and prepares you well for your first patent application.
Content
Presentations and exercises on intellectual property rights (what is new? what is inventive? what is the role of a patent claim?), patent search, invention disclosures at ETH Zurich, commercialization of an invention by an ETH spin-off.
Resources
Lecture Notes
Presentation slides.
General Information
- Language
- English
- Levels
- DR
Examination
- Type
- ungraded semester performance
Registration & Places
- Signup End
- 13.09.2021
Course Components
| Type | Title | Time & Place | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| seminar |
Workshop on Intellectual Property Rights
Does not take place this semester.
This is a hybdrid workshop, partly on Zoom, partly in class: October 1 (Zoom), October 7 (ETH), October 8 (ETH), October 22 (Zoom).
|
No time listed | 24 h semesterly |
Offered In
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Doctoral Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering (More Information at: )