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Example Training: Basics of IPR

The term IPR (Intellectual Property Rights) is commonly used to refer to intangible rights. These include copyright, trademarks, trade names, domain names, design rights, utility models, patents, and trade secrets.

Contracts often relate to IPR matters:

• Technology transfer agreements, non-disclosure agreements (NDA)
• License agreements
• Reseller agreements and R&D cooperation agreements, etc.

Trainings are tailored according to needs and preferences!

An IPR strategy is a company's plan for managing intellectual property rights.
It supports business strategy and helps utilize intangible rights effectively.

Key Strategy Steps:

• Current status analysis: What IPR rights does the company already have?
• Defining goals: How can IPR support business growth?
• Actions and responsibilities: Who manages IPR matters? Protection measures and budgeting.
• Creating internal IPR practices for the company.
• Monitoring and evaluation: Regularly assessing the effectiveness of the strategy.

A Freedom to Operate search determines whether a company can manufacture, sell, or use a product
without infringing on others' intellectual property rights.

Benefits of an FTO search:

• Risk management: Reduces the risk of litigation.
• Competitor analysis: Identifies protected products already on the market.
• Decision-making support: Assists in strategic choices for new product launches.

A trademark protects a company's or product’s brand and distinguishes it from competitors.

Why is a trademark important?

• Brand value: A trademark enhances a company's recognition and credibility.
• Protection of rights: Grants exclusive rights to use a name and logo.
• Prevention of infringements: Makes it easier to address misuse.

A patent protects technical innovations and grants exclusive rights to exploit the invention
in a specific region or country for up to 20 years.

Identifying inventions:

• What is patentable? A new, inventive, and industrially applicable invention.
• Teamwork: Encourage employees to create new inventions.
• Create an invention policy.

Internal company practices facilitate the management of IPR matters
and protect intangible assets.

What is the goal?

• Consistency: Clear and uniform procedures
  for all employees.
• Protection of rights: Ensures the company owns the IPR it creates.
• Risk minimization: Reduces ambiguities and legal issues.

A company's social media accounts are part of its
brand and need protection.

Benefits of registration:

• Brand management.
• Security.

IPR due diligence on prosessi, jossa arvioidaan yrityksen
immateriaalioikeudet esimerkiksi yritysjärjestelyissä.

Tavoitteet:

• Oikeuksien arviointi.
• Riskien tunnistaminen.

Reviewing the chain of title ensures that a company has a legal
ownership of the IPR rights it holds.

Actions:

• Review all transfer agreements and license agreements.
• Ensure that the agreements cover all relevant rights.

IPR due diligence is a process for assessing a company's
intellectual property rights, for example, in corporate transactions.

Objectives:

• Evaluation of rights.
• Identification of risks.

An IPR manager comprehensively handles your company's IPR process, ensuring the protection and maintenance of intellectual property rights such as trademarks and patents. The main responsibilities of the role may include various tasks, such as receiving and evaluating invention disclosures.

The objectives of an IPR manager:

• Establish and manage the company's IPR processes
• Protect and maintain the company's intellectual property rights
• Prevent conflicts with other companies