SCS Seminar on Intellectual Property (IP) 2024: Hands-on Workshop for Scientists in Chemistry and Life Sciences

The SCS Seminar on IP 2024 takes place on Nov 7-8 and focuses on researchers, technology transfer managers, and others which are required to deal with life science related intellectual property, in particular patents. The lectures and workshops enhance the participants' capabilities to assess and manage patent related novelty, inventive step, and free-dom-to-operate risks.
The two days also provide a platform to exchange practical experience on IP management and form a network that can be actively used after the seminar.

Goals
Participants will learn about:

• Fundamentals about chemistry/life science IP, in particular patents, in an international context for both chemistry and biotech related inventions
• Practical guidance how to develop an IP protection strategy including designing patent claims
• Practical guidance how to conduct patent searches for both patentability and freedom-to-operate questions including assessment and management of freedom-to-operate re-lated risks.

Teaching Body/Experts

• Dr. Christian Moser-Nikles, patent expert, Eidgenössisches Institut für Geistiges Eigentum (IGE)
• Dr. Michael Kock, Swiss Patent Attorney, European Patent Attorney, dr. kock consulting, Basel
• Dr. Anna Maria Villa, Patent Expert, QPIP 
• Beat Rauber, Global Quality Manager Group Patents, F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG
• Dr. Mark Schweizer, President, Swiss Federal Patent Court
• Bernard Volken, Attorney-at-Law/Partner, Troller Hitz Troller
• Dr. Jonathan Thwaite, Head of Intellectual Property at Basilea Pharmaceutica Ltd

Information / Warning to be careful