The Intellectual Property Office organizes webinars dedicated to patent protection. In the course of March and April, four online seminars shall be held in the course of which the participants shall get acquainted with the most important topics regarding the protection of inventions.
The first seminar under the title “Protection of innovative technical solutions by a patent” shall be held on Friday, March 17, 2023. The aim of this webinar is to provide basic information with regard to the protection of inventions by patent or petty patent. In the course of the webinar, the participants shall get acquainted with the importance of the protection of inventions, conditions and procedure for the protection by patent/petty patent. Also, all phases in the procedure concerning the national application shall be presented.
Webinar with the topic “inventions implemented on the computer” shall be held on Tuesday, March 21, 2023. The growth of the importance of inventions based on software is followed by the increasing need for their legal protection. What are the inventions implemented on the computer and in what way can they be protected by a patent shall be just some of the topics to be considered at the seminar. Through concrete examples, the participants shall get acquainted with the form of patent claims for this kind of inventions, but also with advices how to avoid typical mistakes in the course of composing patent application for this kind of inventions.
The third webinar is held on Tuesday, March 28, 2023, with the topic “International protection of inventions”. Patent is a territorial right and it represents patent protection for an invention only in the states where it has been formally registered and in the course of time for which maintenance fees are paid. Through this seminar, the participants shall get acquainted with the systems and manners of filing patent applications abroad (national patent application, international patent application, European patent application), deadlines and fees.
The final webinar in this serial “Composing application for the grant of patent/petty patent – for the invention which refers to the construction of devices)” is held on Tuesday, April 4, 2023. Correct composition of the application for the grant of patent/petty patent is an important step in the procedure of protection of inventions. In the course of training, the participants shall be presented with basic information necessary for the correct composition of the application, such as the display of all parts that the application must contain for the protection of inventions, as well as all the rules defining form and content of the application, i.e. manner to compose each of the constituent parts. On the particular example of the invention, the manner of forming the structure of the application shall be displayed.
Take a look at the agenda of the event, and the registration for the participation in the chosen webinars can be approached here.
After the registration, and several days before every webinar, you should get a link for the chosen webinar (in the serial of organization) at the address of the electronic mail that you stated in the course of the registration. All webinars are held online by ZOOM platform.