Creation and implementation of a customized patent information training program for chemists in a global company

The Impact and Effectiveness of Support Measures for Exploiting Intellectual Property

“…We believe that initiatives that promote use of the IPR system to be capable of division into two broad types: a) programmes and initiatives focused upon public sector organisations, including universities which are often responsible for the development of their own strategies, information and awareness schemes for their own staff (to which could be added schemes devised by firms for their own staff, and to address a specific requirement see for details of such a scheme recently developed at Novartis (Pilote et al, 2011); and b) government initiatives directed at private sector organisations, principally firms but also at inventors.…”