Intellectual Property Policies and Technology Management in Universities and Research Institutions

Seminar organized by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), IPO and RU

Location: Room V102 at Reykjavik University. The seminar is open to the public.

Moderator: Ásdís Magnúsdóttir, hdl. and adjunct at RU School of Law.

10:00 – 10:10 – Opening session

Welcome addresses by:

• Ms. Borghildur Erlingsdóttir, Director General, Icelandic Patent Office (IPO)
• Ms. Lien Verbauwhede, Counsellor, SMEs and Entrepreneurship Support Division, Department for Transition and Developed Countries (TDC), World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Geneva

WIPO's Program to Support the Development of Intellectual Property (IP) Policies for Universities and Research Institutions

• Speaker: Ms. Lien Verbauwhede

1. Presentation of WIPO's website on institutional IP policies: database, FAQs and resources
2. Objectives of the day

Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship

• Speaker: Dr. Ari Kristinn Jonsson, President, Reykjavik University 

Patents and Other IP for Academics

• Speaker: Mr. Emil Pot, European Patent Attorney, former founder and general counsel of ActoGenix NV, Ghent, Belgium

1. IP created in research – overview of patents and other IP
2. Purpose of the patent system – knowledge sharing and building
3. How to manage IP, before research starts, when conducted and at the end – do's and don'ts
4. Patents and publication – does patenting affect the quality and quantity of scientific output?
5. Benefits for academics

The Academic IP Tool Box: Ideal and Real 

• Speaker: Mr. Hilmar Bragi Janusson, Dean of School of Engineering and Natural Sciences, University of Iceland

Collaboration to Support Utilization of IP Rights

• Speaker: Ms. Erla Skuladottir, LL.M., Attorney at Law

Growing seed into a leaf (suspension) - The creation of a startup company

Exploiting University Innovation and IP - Licensing

• Speaker: Herwig Lejsek, Videntifier, Spinout from Reykjavik University (confirmed) 

Licensing: why used, continuum of innovation, challenges, “valley of death”, when university/company cooperation should start, best practices

Managing University IP – How to Develop a Good Technology Management Office (TMO)

• Speaker: Mr. Emil Pot 
• Dr. Einar Mäntylä, Innovation Manager, Division of Science and Research at the University of Iceland  
• Ólöf Vigdís Ragnarsdóttir, IP legal advisor, Intellectual Property Committee at the University of Iceland

1. Roles performed by TMOs
2. Resources
3. Interactions with the university community, industry and government
4. Challenges

Intellectual Property Committee of University of Iceland and Landspítali; framework and practice and TTO Iceland; setting the future

• Dr. Einar Mäntylä, Innovation Manager, Division of Science and Innovation, University of Iceland
• Ms. Ólöf Vigdís Ragnarsdóttir, IP legal advisor, Intellectual Property Committee, University of Iceland

Panel: IP Policy for Universities and Public Research Institutions in Iceland – Challenges and Priorities 

• Moderator: Ms. Lien Verbauwhede, WIPO
• Panelists: Ms. Ragnheiður Elín Árnadóttir, Minister of Industry and Commerce (to be confirmed)
• Dr. Ari Kristinn Jonsson, President, Reykjavik University (RU
• Ms. Borghildur Erlingsdóttir, Director General, Icelandic Patent Office, Reykjavik
• Mr. Hannes Ottósson, PhD, Project Manager, Innovation Center Iceland