IP Teaching and Outreach
We offer various lectures and seminars in the field of intellectual property.
Seminar tailored to your interests
We'll visit your chair and hold a seminar that is specially tailored to your subject area, your interests and your requirements. Please get in touch with the Patents & Licences team to make an appointment.
Lecture on computer-implemented inventions
TUM ForTe Patents & Licences is hosting a lecture on computer-implemented inventions together with the European Patent Office (EPO). I would ask you to forward the invitation to TUM scientists who might be interested in this field.
In short, a computer-implemented invention is an innovation that is realised by using computers or programmable devices and software to solve a technical problem. Since a patent always presupposes a technical character, the technical solution to the problem is the decisive criterion for distinguishing it from pure software, which is protected by copyright.
In this lecture, two experts from the European Patent Office (EPO) will provide insights into the patentability and the granting process of computer-implemented inventions. Using selected areas of technology at TUM, they will illustrate the growing importance of this topic in the modern patent system.
Location: Online
Language: English
Date: 01.07.2025 from 2 pm to 3 pm
To participate, please register at the following link:
The EPO offers online and offline IP-related training, events, materials and publications: https://www.epo.org/learning/resources/universities.html
- EPO's podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/european-patent-office/
- For students and lecturers: EPO offers an IP Teaching Kit
- Videos of the past Advanced lecture series: Smart agriculture, Green technologies, Food technology, Medical Technology (MedTech)
- Videos of the past Inspiring inventors: Talk series.
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The EUIPO also offers an Academy Learning Portal: https://euipo.europa.eu/knowledge If you see a login page, you can still continue and get an initial overview by clicking on the logo.
- Newsletter: Alicante News - EUIPO (europa.eu) (Our newsletter provides information on all aspects of trade mark and design law and administration. Alicante News also contains news and debate on wider issues of intellectual property development in your area and worldwide. Our trade mark and design sections have monthly articles on current EUIPO practice. Our case-law section provides a monthly run-down of cases brought before the Boards of Appeal at the EUIPO and the courts in Luxembourg.)
Do you have any further questions?
Have a look at our FAQs or contact us at patent(at)tum.de.
TUM ForTe - Office for Research and Innovation
Technical University of Munich
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Phone: +49 89 289 22667; Fax: +49 89 289 28381