Should your research be protected? Can your research be protected? Despite the critical role that biotechnology plays in saving, improving, and extending human life, there is a complicated process behind the work of patenting the inventions in this technical field. Researchers are often misinformed about the role and the possibilities arising around patents, so the main aim of the seminar will be to explain what patents really are, how they work and their importance in
the field of biotechnology. By way of the example general guidelines will be presented on the types of patent protection available for inventions arising from research in the field of monoclonal antibodies, using concepts drawn from European case law and expert practice. Finally it will be briefly presented the patent battle between two educational institutions for the rights on CRISPR–Cas9 gene editing technology.
3 maggio
The seminar will be held by Dr. Valentina Predazzi of the Società Italiana Brevetti, Roma, in room C (building CU010) at 12:00.