IPRIA short course: Mastering the Patent System

Start date 16-Apr-08 - 9:00 AM
End date n/a
Venue Ian Potter Room, Graduate House
Address
220 Leicester St
Melbourne, VIC
Australia
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Status Open
RSVP 4-Apr-08
Cost $850 plus GST
Contact info@ipria.org
Registration See below for booking details

Presented by the Intellectual Property Research Institute of Australia (IPRIA), this one-day course on "Mastering the Patent system" will provide participants with a sound working knowledge of the law and the practice of the patent system, both nationally and internationally. The principal topics covered are:

  • Purpose and nature of patents
  • Alternatives to patents
  • Requirements for grant of a valid patent
  • ownership of patents
  • transfer and exploitation of patents
  • patent application process
  • International patent system
  • Scope of patent rights
  • Infringement, defences and remedies
IPRIA is a national centre for multi-disciplinary research on the law, economics and management of intellectual property. It is based at the University of Melbourne, and is run jointly by Melbourne Law School, the Faculty of Economics and Commerce, and Melbourne Business School.