On 29 March 2017 at Lublin University of Technology Mr. Paweł Chrapowicki – a managing director of Centre for Innovation and Technology Transfer conducted all-day workshop on inter-sector and international cooperation in the scope of T5.4d.The training presents the most significant topics related to technology transfer in the aspect of cooperation between research institutions and companies. The theory that underlies the discussion of business perspective is the open innovation model by Henry Chesbrough. According to the model, companies both license out the solutions they developed to other businesses (e.g. by setting up spin-off companies or licencing technologies) and licence in technologies when they need solutions they have not developed within their facilities. During the training the basic legal frameworks of technology transfer are discussed and presented.
One of the most important aspects of technology commercialisation is managing intellectual property rights. The training provides the most important characteristics of copyrights, patent regulation and registration procedures for trademarks and designs. Basic regulations concerning UE and national regulations are presented and specific examples based on case studies are discussed.
