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This course covers key aspects of software-related intellectual property and commercialisation, including software patents, software license agreements, and the impact of emerging technologies like big data and AI on software innovation. Participants will be guided through comprehensive licensing strategies, with a focus on open-source licensing and other critical models.
Designed for professionals with at least six months experience in knowledge transfer, this course offers interactive sessions and case studies, providing practical insights into navigating the complexities of software commercialisation.
The programme is ideal for those looking to enhance their ability to manage software IP and drive innovation within their institutions.
Why join this course?
Understand the fast-past developments and resulting challenges of software and which factors to be aware of when considering the basics will be addressed during the 3-day course. In addition, you will explore designing business models, marketing channels and software-based spin-offs.
The course is highly interactive and includes interactive learning exercises and case studies.
Why Join The course?
- Develop your literacy in software and computer implemented inventions
- Understand the implications of software development for due diligence and licensing
- Create a strategy for licensing, recognising the opportunities and limitations open-source licenses
- Design business models around software and computer-implemented inventions, and how to scale them
- Identify and align, with a specific business model, different market channels; such as: apps, cloud, licensing models, hardware, software
Course Objectives
The course objectives are to:
- Software terminology
- Due diligence in software-implemented inventions
- Alternative IP forms for software
- Open-source software • Software-specific terms in license agreements
- Market channels available
- Business models in software
- Software-based spin-offs
Key Topics
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Testimonials
I really like the course and the networking. I would like to come again.
Nancy Goel
Qatar Foundation, Qatar
The course Software Specific Challenges is a must for every TTO/KTO professional, especially for those working with Social Sciences and Humanities!
Brechtje Vreenegoor
Radboud University, Netherlands
Good opportunity to discuss common issues with fellow professionals and to get updates about the community.
Giuseppe Visimberga
Leiden University, Netherlands
The course exceeded my expectations. We exchanged experiences and learned different options of approaches to existing problems.
Patricia Lima
Instituto Superior Technico, Portugal
ASTP brought the right structure and terminology to my knowledge of technology licensing.
René Widmer
ETH Transfer, Switzerland
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