Technology transfer_Intellectual Property

Intellectual property is the set of rights that covers the creations of human knowledge – intellectual creations – and is divided into two main areas: Copyright and Related Rights and Industrial Property. Copyright and related rights aim to protect literary and artistic works and cover rights of a patrimonial nature and rights of a personal nature, known as moral rights. The protection or registration of copyright guarantees the person who registers a literary or artistic work its ownership.  Industrial property is a set of rights that confer exclusive use in the market. Through Industrial Property it is possible to protect inventions by patent or utility model, obtain registrations for trademarks or other distinctive trade signs and also for designs or models, and thus protect investments in innovation while facilitating the economic return on those investments. The different types of Industrial Property are complementary and, for this reason, opting for one does not preclude the use of other types to protect different characteristics of a product. The most widely used type of industrial property is the patent. A patent protects new solutions to specific technical problems, i.e. products, devices, processes or uses of products or devices, giving the inventor/creator the exclusive right to produce and commercialise an invention in return for its public disclosure. A patent can be used to protect inventions in any technological area and to protect biological material, chemical and pharmaceutical substances or compositions and their processes or food products and their processes. UPB is increasingly involved in projects with external companies and organisations, based on co-research, co-innovation and the transfer of knowledge and technology. As a result of this vibrant synergy, intellectual and industrial property registration processes are regularly triggered, some of which are attracting strong commercial interest. UPB’s Project Office – Science and Technology Management provides support in industrial property registration processes, having already accompanied more than half a hundred patenting processes. Patents See our registered patents at servicosonline.inpi.pt.