Managing Intellectual Property Rights
- Overview of contracting for intellectual property rights.
- Attendees learn about IPR law, management, and contracts.
- Focus on copyrights, patents, trademarks, and more.
- Suitable for public sector procurement personnel.
- Course aims to cover legal and practical IPR aspects.
Overview
This one-day course covers the legal aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and contracting for their provision. Participants will gain an understanding of IPR laws, managing contracts, using escrow agreements, buyer and seller obligations, and remedies for breaches. Aimed at public sector procurement and non-procurement personnel dealing with contracts involving IPR management and ownership. The course aims to provide an overview of the practical and legal considerations related to IPR contracting.
Who should attend
Procurement Personnel
Course Content
Course duration: 1 Day
Course Running order
What are Intellectual Property Rights?
The law relating to Intellectual Property Right
Un-registerable
Copyrights
Unregistered Design Rights
Registerable rights
Patents
Trademarks
Registered Design Rights
Managing contracts for IPR’s
Pre-owned IPR
Pre-existing IPR
Licence to use IPR
Royalty IPR
Licence to exploit IPR
Transferring ownership
The use of escrow agreements
When to use escrow
Making appropriate arrangements
Exercising the arrangements
The rights obligations liabilities of the buyer and seller
Remedies for breach of IPR’s
Course Objective
To provide attendees with an overview of the legal and practical aspects of contracting for the provision of intellectual property rights.
Who should attend?
Public sector procurement and non-procurement personnel involved in the placement and management of contracts where the management and ownership of intellectual property rights are a significant element of the contract management process
Duration / Fees
A 1-day single manned course
