Patentit–Teollisuus–Tekniikka
The competitive advantage of innovation is worth protecting. Any invention is quickly copied, and the company’s advantage is lost if your innovation is not patented or covered by other industrial property rights protection.
The Patentit–Teollisuus–Tekniikka program familiarizes you with industrial property rights. It focuses on patent application processes in Finland and abroad and emphasizes the importance of consistent patenting procedures within companies. You will learn about the Finnish and European patent systems, as well as the specificities of patent systems in other key economic areas or countries, which are important for companies operating internationally. You will learn about opportunities and ways to make the best use of your own intellectual property rights and how to avoid infringing the intellectual property rights of others.
The faculty and lecturers of the program are experts in the field, and they come from companies, patent attorney offices, law firms, and the Finnish Patent and Registration Office.
9 ECTS credits can be transferred from this program to the Aalto Executive MBA or Aalto MBA program.
Please note that this program is held in Finnish.
Benefits
An expert who is familiar with industrial property rights and protection options is able to safeguard an organization’s inventions and control its rights outside the Finnish market as well. The more an expert knows about industrial property rights, the better they can oversee the interests of the company. The program will also help avoid infringing on the intellectual property rights of other rights holders and/or supporting customers in the aforementioned activities.
For
The program is intended for people who will benefit from having a wide range of knowledge of the company’s industrial property rights as a whole, from the discovery of an invention to its protection and exploitation.
The program has been attended, e.g., by
- Company patent engineers dealing mainly in industrial property rights issues
- Experts from patent agencies aiming to become patent agents
- Research engineers from the Finnish Patent and Registration Office
- Innovation and invention agents working in universities and in the Centers for Economic Development, Transport, and the Environment
- People working in research and product development who want to have general knowledge about the principles of the protection of inventions
- People dealing with industrial property rights issues in addition to their own work, or people who will soon be accepting such tasks
- Legal practitioners working on industrial property rights
Contents and Schedule
The scope of the program is 18 study credits. There are 17 training days, 12 of which are held face-to-face and five online. The training days consist of lectures, discussions, and group work to help apply the content of the training days. Completion of the program includes three compulsory sub-exams and an assignment on the preparation of a patent application.