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Registration is required

Register at: https://abw.swansea.ac.uk/BusinessWorld/

This event is part of the REIS Seminar Programme series

Speaker

Philip Lawrence
Mike Smith

From: 3 Feb 2021, 2 p.m.
To: 3 Feb 2021, 4 p.m.
Location: Please sign up through MyApps on ABW in your Swansea Uni website log in Zoom invite will be sent on the morning of the event. , Online Event - Please see description

An Introduction to the UK Government Intellectual Property Office (IPO), with Philip Lawrence, Senior Patent Examiner
o What is the IPO and what do they do
o An overview of IP; trade-marks, designs, copyright
o Patents – what they are, how long they last for, some general filing requirements, what an invention has to be, what a patent examiner does
o IPO learning resources on IP

Commercialising your research at Swansea University, with Michael Smith, IP Manager, Swansea University

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Contact: Teresa Chambers (Email: t.m.chambers@swansea.ac.uk)

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Event created by: t.m.chambers