Join us for a free webinar on ‘Introduction to Intellectual Property’ on Monday 3rd November from 11:00 – 12:30 GMT/UTC. This Commonwealth Chemistry Early Career Network Committee are organising this event.
Learnings
This ‘Introduction to Intellectual Property’ webinar aims to provide an understanding of how IP supports innovation, creativity, and competitive advantage and will cover:
- the fundamentals of Intellectual Property (IP) and its main forms, including copyright, industrial design, trademarks and geographical indications, and patents;
- the three key criteria required for patent protection and how to assess whether an invention is novel using publicly available patent databases;
- the importance of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) and the role of the International Search Report (ISR) in international patent applications;
- an overview of how confidential know-how and trade secrets safeguard valuable business information.
Who will you hear from?
Our speaker, Thusitha Abeytunga, is a senior professor at the Department of Chemistry, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. She read for her Ph.D. at the University of Arizona, USA on synthetic organic chemistry. Apart from the regular teaching and research work at the Department of chemistry, she was instrumental in starting the M.Sc. in Applied Organic Chemistry program which created an opportunity for the graduates in Sri Lanka to pursue their postgraduate studies. She supported commercialization of research at the Faculty of Science by establishing Colombo Science and Technology Cell (Cell).
At the University level she worked as the Director at the Operational Technical Secretariat (OTS), under the Higher Education for the Twenty first Century (HETC) project which funded by the World Bank. She also worked as the Lead Academic Expert on Research and Innovation under the Ministry of Education on the Accelerating Higher Education Expansion and Development (AHEAD) which is an operation funded by the World Bank from 2018-2023. Under the AHEAD operation, University Business Linkage (UBL) cells which act as Technology/knowledge transfer offices were established in all state universities in Sri Lanka.
Registration
Registration is free to chemists from across the Commonwealth and includes:
- access to view the live event
- access to an on demand recording after the event
Whilst this event is free to attend, registration is essential. All attendees will need a log-in for access to the webinar platform.
The Royal Society of Chemistry is providing support to Commonwealth Chemistry by managing the registration process. Registration is subject to their event booking terms and conditions.
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