# Free modular online course on Intellectual Property

**Source**: https://www.chalmers.se/en/education/your-studies/exchange-studies-and-international-opportunities/modular-online-intellectual-property/
**Parent**: https://www.chalmers.se/en/education/your-studies/plan-and-conduct-your-studies/changing-your-study-situation/form-withdrawal/

The course is targeted at master’s students studying in fields such as engineering, where knowledge of IP is an important value add in many careers. The course consists of a carefully selected set of case studies, live sessions, self-paced modules and quizzes, a tutored forum and a final assignment marked by IP experts.

The course does not award credits, but successfully finishing the course yields a certificate from the European Patent O5ice.

**The course contains five modules, each comprising 10-20 hours of course work:**

- Introduction to IP: An overview of IP rights, serving as a first encounter to the field.
- Patent Essentials: What is a patent and what are the requirements to get a patent?
- Introduction to Patent Information: Intro to patent information and its characteristics,\
  and how to acess patent information.
- Patent Information in Practice: Introduction to Espacenet and European Patent Register;\
  use cases and exercises.
- Developing an IP Strategy: Tapping the economic benefits from your ideas.

The course contains four live sessions (1,5 hours each) with renowned IP experts. The\
course ends with a final exam on 24 May.\
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Registration deadline 18 March.\
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[Link to registration](https://www.epo.org/en/learning/events/uv01-2026 "Läs mer och anmäl dig")\
Access code: uv01\_mipef\*26\
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Contact: [MIPEF@epo.org](mailto:MIPEF@epo.org "MIPEF")