Seize the opportunity by participating in our spring training sessions and learn to master IPR matters. We offer both concise webinars and more extensive, credit-bearing courses.

World Intellectual Property Day aims to draw global attention to the importance of creativity and inventions as contributors to the prosperity and well-being of society.

Our Spring 2024 IPR training calendar has been published. Seize the opportunity by participating in our spring training sessions and learn to manage intellectual property rights (IPR) matters.

The University of Oulu is part of the PATLIB network maintained by the European Patent Office (EPO). The network consists of approximately 340 patent information centers from various European countries. PATLIB centers were established to provide local access to patent information and related topics for information seekers.

A potential new drug candidate developed by researchers at the University of Oulu has been granted a patent in Europe. The drug is a small molecular chemical compound that is especially suited for cancer treatment.

The last Business Finland financing info sessions of the year provided researchers at the University of Oulu with a comprehensive package of instruments available for funding applications.

The PoC (Proof-of-Concept) funding for the year 2024 is now open for applications. It can be applied by researchers and students of University of Oulu for as long as funds are available.

The University of Oulu organizes a training called GP-kOulutus and it has been granted a trademark in Finland.

During the autumn, there will be several training sessions for researchers and students at the University of Oulu, which will help to take over IPR matters.

The city of Oulu finances PoC (Proof-of-Concept) activities for three years (2023–2025) at the University of Oulu, Oulu University of Applied Sciences and OSAO.

The InnoWebinars, organised by the Innovation Centre, are intended to provide information on IPR, i.e. intellectual property rights. Kirsi Salmela, Head of Legal at Kopiosto, educated about copyright last week and answered, among other things, the following questions.

What do CC or Creative Commons licenses mean? What rights do I get as a user?

Who owns the copyright if the work is made using artificial intelligence?

Last year, the University of Oulu together with the city of Oulu financed 13 PoC (Proof-of-Concept) projects of the University of Oulu with a total of 250,000 euros. The PoC funding helped to get more additional funding.

Come to the networking event! IPR (intellectual property rights) are important for making a business. Research work creates also results that can lead to a patent. But how to commercialize the patent?

In year 2021 University of Oulu received 41 invention disclosures.

Kaisa Lehosmaa, University of Oulu Postdoctoral Researcher from Ecology and Genetics, made the first invention disclosure in the beginning of 2022.