Intellectual Property Management

I. The basics of Intellectual Property (IP )

IP Management in the Innovation Process. Economical basics of the IP Management.

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IP protection categories: patent -, utility model-, design- and trademark know how protection.

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The role of the patents in the Plastic Industry. The patenting process.

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Possibilities to obtain patent protection. Performing a novelty search, taking the results into account when preparing the patent description.

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The role of patent claims and their formulation. Hungarian and international IP databases.

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Presentation of practical examples of production, application and processing. The role and importance of international industrial property protection.

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The importance of the utility model and the design protection. Definition of the trademark protection, case studies in the field of the Plastic Industry.

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II. International cooperation in the IP protection

Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property.

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The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).

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The European Patent Convention (EPC).

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The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT).

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The Visegrad Patent Institute (VPI) as an intergovernmental organization for cooperation in the field of patents, established by the four Visegrad countries: the Czech Republic, Hungary, the Republic of Poland and the Slovak Republic (V4 countries).

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The Global Patent Prosecution Highway (GPPH), a multilateral agreement between national and regional intellectual property offices, providing applicants with fast-track patent examination procedures to obtain corresponding patents faster and more efficiently.

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Hungarian and international IP databases.

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