Target Audience
Students who want to learn more about IP, beginners and intermediates. No previous experience required.
Workshop topic
This workshop provides a practical introduction to intellectual property (IP) for ETH Zurich students developing innovative projects. It equips participants with the knowledge to understand and protect their work. Find out what IP is relevant for your project and how to protect it.
Key elements of the workshop
We start off with presentations from the speakers with inputs on IP strategy (from idea to protection to enforcement), followed by a Q&A session to give you the opportunity to ask questions.
About the speakers
This workshop is given by a lawyer and a patent attorney to give you the possibility to answer questions from different angles.
Vera Vallone
*Vera Vallone is an attorney at law focused on intellectual property law. In addition, she also advises on a broad range of other issues in the context of contract law, corporate law and M&A. As part of the start-up desk, she also advises Swiss and international companies in connection with their intellectual property with a special focus on technology transfer and commercialization issues.*
Moritz Hoenig
*Moritz Hönig is a patent attorney. He completed his bachelor's degree in chemistry and biochemistry at LMU Munich and his master's degree in chemistry at the University of Cambridge. His PhD he obtained from ETH. Moritz Hönig has been with RENTSCH PARTNER since February 2020, heading the Start-Up Desk. In addition to his work as a patent attorney, he is a tutor at the Center for International Intellectual Property Studies (CEIPI) at the University of Strasbourg.*
