Duration
1 year
Training structure
Faculty of Law and Political Science
Presentation
The D.U. Innovation Valorisation Partenariats is a diploma course which offers staff from research organisations, companies and students the opportunity to study all the themes linked to scientific data and research relating to "living organisms".
Programme
One day per week from mid-March to the end of June.
This training is organised in three course modules: production / innovation, dissemination / valorisation, exploitation / partnership.
1- Module 1: Innovation (40 hours)
- Modality of legal "reservation" of the living
- (intellectual property, patent, contracts, civil liability)
- The VOC/patent link
- Collaborative creations
- Protection and exploitation of the software
- Bio-banks and scientific collections
2- Module 2: Valuation (20 h)
- Patenting strategies
- Technology watch - Industrial intelligence
- INPI filing procedure (patent, trademark)
- Legal deposit procedure (databases, software...)
- Management of public/private patent portfolios
- Research tax credit
3- Module 3: Partnerships (30 h)
- Contracts for access to and use of biological material (MTA)
- Technology transfer contracts (communication of know-how)
- Research collaboration contract (Research performance contract)
- Confidentiality agreement
- Patent assignment and licence agreement
- Incubation contract
Admission
Conditions of access
For students in initial training:
Students in L3, M1 and M2 will have to follow the IP course for the year, delivered in Master 1.
For continuing education students :
If people cannot follow the Master 1 IP course, a specific IP refresher course will be provided before following the DU. (elisabeth.guigues @ univ-montp1.fr)
Target audience
For students at Master 1 level and/or for continuing education.
Staff of research organisations, companies, and students to study all topics related to scientific data and research on "living organisms".
Necessary pre-requisites
Intellectual property law (M1) (33h) or, for continuing education, a refresher course in intellectual property law (1 day) plus reading of an industrial property manual.