Protection@lunch : How to protect your software - February 16th, 2012

You invest in developing new products, your name is known in the industry, you have a brilliant new idea ....

Intellectual property rights can protect your efforts. This session is an efficient and enjoyable way to find out about intellectual property rights in practice.

In a number of lunchtime sessions, organized by "Agentschap Ondernemen" and Flanders DC and supported by the Innovation Center Vlaams-Brabant, specialists give  practical and useful information about a specific topic of intellectual property rights.

Session 1: How do I protect my software?
Every manager has to deal with software whether you develop your own software, or your software is customized for your company and / or you use a third party's software. Software is the odd man out in the landscape of intellectual property. It is usually protected by copyright, but in some cases by a patent. There are also contractual obligations.

This session brings clarity on the following topics:

• How are property rights for software controlled?
• Can I protect (custom developed) software?
• What types of licenses exist and what rights and obligations are attached to such licensing?
• How do I navigate with open source software? Can I freely use this software?

Target audience : Companies that use, develop or customise software and want to know more about the legal aspects of it.

Speaker: Karen Ongena, IP Porta

Registration: Participation 30 euros. Registration online.

When ? 16/02/2012 from 12:00 to 14:00 p.m.

Where? VAC building Dirk Bouts - Diestsepoort 6000-3000 Leuven