What are patents?   Patents protect an invention from being commercialised by others without the owner’s consent. A patent does not give a right for use, but rather prevents others from having the right to use your invention (without your permission). The responsibility for enforcing the right…

De dienst Science Onderwijs- en Studentzaken (SOSZ) ondersteunt en faciliteert de onderwijsorganisatie van de Faculteit der Wiskunde en Natuurwetenschappen en is verantwoordelijk voor alle ondersteunende processen die nodig zijn om het onderwijs aan de faculteit te organiseren. Het gaat daarbij om dienstverlening…

Leiden University has legal counsels with different expertise areas, working in various departments: General Legal affairs (JZ) Privacy legal counsels and officers: privacy related matters, data protection HR: employment related matters Luris: research contracts, valorisation, intellectual property

Where your research has led to interesting opportunities which could be further developed into new products or processes, Luris is here to assist with the identification of the potential strategy to follow. And of course to identify external partners to move these ideas forward. In some cases you may…