Open Enrolment Programs
General Intellectual Property Management Program
These multidisciplinary programs combine the functional areas of business management with IP economics and IP law. It examines the role of IP as a strategic business asset and tool through case studies, best practices and innovative pedagogy and demonstrates how IP can be leveraged for enhanced and enduring competitive advantage. Participants will be challenged to reflect upon and apply the learning to their respective business environment. These programs aim to develop leadership skills in the strategic management of Intellectual Property. It is meant for board of directors, entrepreneurs and senior executives and will be offered in Geneva and in select locations abroad.
- Strategic Intellectual Property Management, Geneva, September 18 and 19, 2006
- Strategic Intellectual Property Management, Goa, India, March 11 to 13, 2007
- Strategic Intellectual Property Management, Geneva, September 17 to 19, 2007
- Strategic Intellectual Property Management, Cape Town, South Africa, April 15 and 16, 2008
- Strategies for Management of Intellectual Property, Chicago, June 9 to 12, 2008
- Strategic Intellectual Property Management, Geneva, Switzerland, September 8 to 10, 2008
Specialized Intellectual Property Management Program
These programs aim to develop IP competencies in functional areas of business management. They examine how specific IP rights, such as patents, trademarks, designs and copyrights, can be strategically leveraged to enhance innovation management, marketing or finance. These programs are targeted at executives and senior managers responsible for research and development, marketing, finance, strategy and human resources.
- WIPO-KELLOG Biotechnology: Strategies for Management of Intellectual Property, Chicago, June 11 to 14, 2007
- Intellectual Property and Innovation & Technology Management, April 16 to 19, 2007
- Intellectual Property and Finance, Geneva, November 12 to 14, 2007
Specialized Intellectual Property Skills and Competencies Development Program
These programs aim at developing specific IP skills and competencies in business organizations such as drafting patent specifications, patent search and mapping, licensing and technology transfer, IP audit and valuations, IP conflict management (litigation, mediation and arbitration) as well as theoretical and practical sessions on protecting inventions, trademarks, designs through national, regional and international systems, including the PCT, Madrid and Hague systems.
- Drafting Patent Applications, Geneva
- Competitive Intelligence: Patent Search and Mapping
- Licensing and Technology Transfer
- International Protection of Inventions, Trademarks and Designs
Industry Specific Seminar and Workshop Series
These workshops will invite leading experts from emerging and other economies to present an analysis of the political, economic, commercial and regulatory environment affecting a specific industry/sector (e.g., pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, information technology, iron and Steel, consumer electronics) and to identify emerging business opportunities. Special focus will be on an examination of the IPR landscape, in particular the legal regime relating to protection and enforcement of IPRs. It will also include discussion on recent developments in the IP regime at the national and international level.
- Managing Healthcare Innovations and IPRs in BRICS Economies
