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535-0546-00L 1 Credits BSC , DS , MSC D-CHAB
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Patents

Patente

Lecturers & Examiners: Dr. Alfred Koepf, Dr. Pavel Pliska
VVZ CR n/a

Last Updated: 2026-02-05 15:05:21

Abstract

Knowledge in the field of intellectual property, especially of patents, with particular stress on pharmaceutics.Introduction into intellectual property; prosecution of patent applications; patent information; exploitation and enforcement of patents; peculiarities in pharmaceutics and medicine; social, political and ethical aspects.

Objective

Basic knowledge in the field of industrial property, especially of patents, with particular stress on pharmaceutics.

Content

1. Introduction into industrial property (patents, trademarks, industrial designs); 2. Prosecution of patent applications (patentability); 3. Patent information (patent publications, databases, searches); 4. Exploitation and enforcement of patents (possibilities of exploitation, licenses, parallel imports, scope of protection, patent infringement); 5. Peculiarities in pharmaceutics and medicine (supplementary protection certificates, experimental use exemption, therapy and diagnosis, medical indication); 6. Social, political and ethical aspects (patents and prices for medicinal products, traditional knowledge and ethnomedicine, bioprospecting and biopiracy, title to human DNA inventions).

Resources

Lecture Notes

A script is handed out during the lecture.

Literature

- Swiss Patents Act: http://www.admin.ch/ch/d/sr/c232_14.html - Swiss Trademarks Act: http://www.admin.ch/ch/d/sr/c232_11.html - Swiss Industrial-Designs Act: http://www.admin.ch/ch/d/sr/c232_12.html - European Patent Convention: http://www.european-patent-office.org/legal/epc/d/ma1.html#CVN - Patent Cooperation Treaty: http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/index.html

General Information

Language
German
Levels
BSC , DS , MSC
Frequency
Yearly recurring

Examination

Type
graded semester performance

Course Components

Type Title Time & Place Hours
lecture Patente
  • Wed 09:45-11:30 (HCI H 8.1)
1 h weekly

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