Thomas Bereuter

European Patent Academy, EPO, Programme area manager Innovation Support Dir. 5.4.4

Thomas Bereuter manages the Innovation Support programme area of the European Patent Academy in charge of training for businesses. Before joining the EPO in 2013, he gained about 25 years’ experience in international technology commercialisation. Thomas has successfully managed licensing and technology divestment deals, and has founded and supported innovative small and medium sized companies as CEO, advisor, trainer and coach. While he was leading the technology transfer wave in Austria, he established an internationally recognised academic incubator as well as a university technology exploitation office.

All Sessions by Thomas Bereuter

  • Day 3

    Tue, May 19, 2020

  • 14:00  - 16:00
    Using an illustrative IP success story in med tech and some practical frameworks, we will explore how intellectual property management can add value to your business from a strategic perspective. The European Patent Office (EPO) has produced a series of studies on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) which are leveraging the power of patents and other IP rights to achieve business success. The studies illustrate how young and established SMEs have developed the IP management capabilities they need, and how they are using IP strategically to their advantage. Micrel Medical Devices, one of the businesses analysed in the EPO's very popular SME case study collection, will showcase the evolution of its IP strategies throughout different phases of its development, and how this went hand in hand with changing product features and target customers over three generations of patents. As computer-implemented inventions (CII) played a crucial role, the latest insights into the patentability of CII will demonstrate how emerging technologies can be protected to create a sustainable competitive advantage for businesses.
    Workshop 1
    Where
    Break Out Room 1

  • Optional EPO Trainer the Trainer

    Wed, May 20, 2020, Crowne Plaza, to be booked directly through LESI

  • 08:30  - 08:45
    Succeeding at technology commercialisation and negotiation Train-the-trainer seminar
    Crowne Plaza
    Where
    Crowne Plaza Hotel (Mitte), Meeting Room to be announced

  • 11:10  - 11:30
    Crowne Plaza
    Where
    Crowne Plaza Hotel (Mitte), Meeting Room to be announced

  • 13:00  - 15:30
    Crowne Plaza
    Where
    Crowne Plaza Hotel (Mitte), Meeting Room to be announced

  • 15:30  - 16:00
    Crowne Plaza
    Where
    Crowne Plaza Hotel (Mitte), Meeting Room to be announced




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