Workshop	PATENTING IN LIFE SCIENCES	Biochemistry and Fundamental Medicine
Date	Jun 04-05, 2009
Organisers	Forum for genetic research, Heinz Müller (IPI), Sfetan Nussbaum (SCNAT), Laurent Falquet (SIB)
Site	Eurotel Victoria, Les Diablerets
Theme	In the last decades life sciences have evolved into a basis for an important economic branch worldwide. Along with this development protection of intellectual property has become an increasingly important issue with challenges for scientists in general and specific issues focussed on patenting of building blocks of living organisms. At the same time a new field for job opportunities for scientists opened up in this area. The two-day course with workshops will give an introductory overview of various aspects of patenting in life sciences. It will thus close a gap in the curricula of students in this field. Lectures will include patent basics, issues concerning patenting in an academic research lab such as publishing and/or patenting, patenting challenges in a spin off company and ethical considerations in patenting. In addition students will be given information about consulting bodies at the universities such as tech transfer offices. The goal of the course consists in giving the students basic information to enable them to procure adequate answers to questions arising in conjunction with research or with career perspectives. The course is based on similar and successful events organised by the Forum for Genetic Research of the Swiss Academy of Sciences in the years 2004 to 2006.
Requirements	A registration fee of CHF 100.- is required per participant Information: Laurent.Falquet@isb-sib.ch
Deadline	Apr 30, 2009
Comments	This workshop is organised jointly with the Swiss Academy of Sciences and the Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property See Program in PDF	Go to registration

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