The course “Create – Protect – Innovate: Bringing ideas to market” developed by the European Patent Office is aimed at master’s and Ph.D. students and will teach you how to protect inventions and bring them to market
and provide you with valuable insights into the world of innovation. It consists of two parts (entry and advanced level), each containing five self-paced modules.

The course offers you unique opportunities to follow inventors’ real-life stories, understand why and how they patent their inventions and learn how intellectual property rights (IPRs) can be integrated into business strategies. Each module is based on a carefully selected set of case studies, many of which involve inventors who have been nominated for or won the European Patent Office’s European Inventor Award. Students can independently complete the modules at their own pace. The modules consist of high-quality videos, podcasts and interactive educational elements. These explain the theory behind new concepts and provide exercises and case studies to help learners
consolidate their knowledge. There is also a multiple-choice quiz at the end of each module. In addition, a wide variety of resources are included for further study.

A final assignment, marked by experts in intellectual property (IP), will serve to test your knowledge. Through a unique platform, tutored forum and interactive live sessions, you will meet different IP experts. If you complete all relevant activities, you will be awarded an EPO certificate. Each part consists of:

• five self-paced learning modules, based on real stories from the European Inventor Award;
• three live sessions, with IP experts working in different fields;
• two tutored fora, where the students can interact with the tutors and with their peers;
• a final marked exercise.