Overview of Patents

This course is aimed at people working in an environment where Intellectual Property is part of their work, inventive people and people who work with inventive people. They can profit from having a basic knowledge of intellectual property. The course is particularly useful for those who are directly or indirectly involved in innovation, such as research scientists, development engineers, inventors, entrepreneurs, project leaders, group leaders, CTOs, and IP coordinators. Participants working in the technical-commercial field, such as product managers and product marketeers may benefit from this course as well. Furthermore, the course may be beneficial for trainee patent attorneys who recently started their traineeship, desiring to quickly establish a basic competence in intellectual property. No prior knowledge about IP is required.

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Course update

We are planning to offer the course towards the end of Q1 2027, depending on interest. If you would like to be notified when next year’s dates are confirmed, please click the “I’m interested” button and leave your contact information. We’ll make sure you stay informed.

The following topic will be covered

Introduction to Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)
Understanding a patent (application)
Claim interpretation and claim drafting
Introduction to Patent Procedures
Special considerations for the US
Trade secrets
Patent portfolio management
How to deal with IP of others
Patent Infringement
Third Party Observations and Opposition

Training material

All slides presented during the course
Overviews of the European patent procedure

Course fee

6 half-day Patent Tutorial – Overview of Patents online course in 2026: € 1.330

Registration fee and VAT information

An administrative fee of € 125 is charged for every booking. If more than one course is booked at the same time, only one administrative fee will be charged
All fees are excluding 21% VAT