Protecting the Opportunity: Practical IP Considerations for Researchers
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Protecting the Opportunity: Practical IP Considerations for Researchers
What intellectual property can arise from research, and how can it be protected and used to support commercial impact?
This practical session with patent attorney Dr Tim Stirrup (Prime Innovation) will introduce the main forms of IP relevant to university research, with a particular focus on patents: what they protect, the requirements for obtaining protection, and how patent strategy can develop alongside research and commercialisation. It will also briefly cover trade secrets, trade marks and other complementary forms of protection.
Researchers will learn how to recognise potentially valuable IP, manage publications without inadvertently disclosing enabling details, and understand what investors are looking for in an IP strategy. The session will also provide practical guidance on addressing the IP component of a UC Ignition application.
Please join us from 10:45 am for coffee/tea and biscuits. The seminar will begin promptly at 11 am to allow time for audience Q&A.
This event will be catered so please 'Register' your attendance.
Help spark the next wave of UC innovation. This event supports UC Ignition, a funding and showcase initiative accelerating the commercialisation of UC research. Learn more, apply for funding, or showcase your innovation here. You can also connect directly with the R&I Commercialisation team.
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Tim Stirrup
Dr Tim Stirrup is the founder of Prime Innovation and a Registered Trans-Tasman Patent Attorney with more than 15 years’ experience in intellectual property and commercialisation. Before entering the IP profession, Tim completed a PhD in biochemistry and undertook postdoctoral research at the University of Southampton and the University of Auckland’s Liggins Institute. He subsequently worked in private practice and as an in-house patent attorney at Auckland UniServices. Over the past five years, he has built Prime Innovation into an IP consultancy advising innovators, investors and research institutions, including a wide range of cleantech and deep-tech companies across New Zealand. Tim has also developed and delivered practical IP workshops for researchers, commercialisation teams and technology ventures.
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