Name: Meet the Swedish Intellectual Property Office (PRV) at Ideon!
Start: 2025-05-14T13:00:00+02:00
End: 2025-05-14T15:00:00+02:00
Location: Ideon Science Park – Room: Backstage

Meet the Swedish Intellectual Property Office (PRV) at Ideon!

IP Insights for Startups

Speaker: Carl Hamsten (Patent examiner in the field of biotechnology)
Target group: Early-stage startups across various industries – often still validating their ideas or preparing for market entry.

Learn how you, as a startup, can

identify,
protect and
benefit

from your Intellectual Property Rights (IPR).

These intangible assets are often the company’s most valuable resources. Join us to learn more, maybe Your IP-journey starts or goes in a new direction here today!

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Agenda:

- Introduction to Intellectual Property (IP)
  – Overview of IP rights (patents, trademarks, designs, copyright, trade secrets etc)
  – Why IP is important for startups
- Patents – The Essentials
  – What can be patented?
  – The process (Sweden, EPO, PCT)
  – Timelines and costs
  – Common pitfalls
- Strategic Use of IP in Early-Stage Companies (Gene
  – When and how to start thinking about IP
  – Aligning IP strategy with business goals
  – Using IP in investor and partner discussions
  – IP in collaborations
- PRV Services and Startup Support
  – What PRV offers: information search services, databases, etc
  – PRV’s role in the innovation ecosystem
- Q&A and Discussion