An introduction to IP for researchers and academics

Join Conception X, the UK’s leading cross-university deeptech venture programme, for an interactive workshop that will walk you through available strategies to protect and maximise the value of your research through IP.

This event is open to researchers, students and academic staff based in the East Midlands, North East, North West, Scotland and the South West. 

If you’ve ever wondered what the pros and cons of protecting IP are and how to think about them strategically when exploring potential research commercialisation pathways, this workshop is for you.

Agenda

• Introduction
• Overview of IP Rights
• Deeper Dive – Patents
• Deeper Dive – Trade Marks
• Identifying IP
• IP Strategy and Practical Steps
• Questions

The session will be led by Conception X’s legal partner Mishcon de Reya LLP. 

This initiative is delivered by Conception X in partnership with the Data Driven Initiative, University of Leicester, University of Liverpool and Newcastle University – with support from Barclays Eagle Labs and UK Government. Read more about the collaboration here.

Other workshops you can join as part of the initiative include:

• Fundraising from deeptech investors, 27 March 2024, 10am
• The grant funding opportunity, 25 April 2024, 10am
• Fundraising from deeptech investors, 16 May 2024, 10am
• The grant funding opportunity, 25 June 2024, 11am

What is Conception X?

Conception X is a programme and platform that helps PhD students become Venture Scientists and commercialise their research in impactful ways.

Via a 9-month programme that includes training, coaching and mentoring, we help them launch deeptech startups based on their research, connect with leading members of the deeptech community, and become eligible for innovation grants, awards and venture capital funding.

Over the past six years, more than 400 PhD students have completed the programme, raising £71M+ in venture capital investments and grants.