Artificial intelligence, machine learning, and biotechnological solutions are among the fastest-evolving fields of research today. At the same time, they are raising an increasing number of questions related to IP rights and the commercialization of research results. What researchers and students should know about patenting, particularly in the context of emerging technologies?

Open source software is now so commonplace that we often do not even notice when we are using it. It accelerates development because work can begin on top of existing libraries and tools instead of building everything from scratch. Alongside these benefits come rules that are essential to understand.

The rapid adoption of AI has raised challenging copyright questions: who owns the outputs created by AI? What kinds of copyright-related risks are associated with using AI?

How can you make sure a great research idea doesn’t just sit in a drawer? How do you protect an invention so it can be further developed and commercialized? These are the kinds of questions addressed by EPO’s Create – Protect – Innovate: Bringing Ideas to Market online course.

Did you know that it’s crucial to choose and protect your domain name carefully — before your business takes off. 

At the University Inventor Day on May 15, inventors from the University of Oulu and their innovations took the spotlight.

Do you have an idea or invention with commercial potential? If so, you should get to know our IPR Manager Maarit Jokela, who is featured in this blog post.

At the University of Oulu, Professor of Structural Biology Lari Lehtiö and his team are conducting groundbreaking research to discover new ways to treat cancer and inflammatory diseases by studying protein structures and functions.

What name would you choose for your business? How would it support your brand? In what ways do intellectual property rights relate to name selection? These topics were explored in the InnoWebinar

Do you sew clothing from Marimekko fabrics or knit socks adorned with familiar designs like Unikko, Karhu, or Pätkis? It’s essential to understand when you need permission and when you’re free to use patterns and instructions, as these may be protected by intellectual property rights.

What if you need someone else's content for your teaching or research? Kirsi Salmela, Head of Legal at Kopiosto and Maarit Jokela, IPR expert at the Innovation Centre, gave us some good tips on this, which we summarise in the blog.

Researcher, teacher, student: do you know how to use different materials in your teaching and research? When do you need permission and what does a Kopiosto’s copy licence allow you to do? And who owns IPR in universities?

The owner of intellectual property rights can be the university, the creator of the result, or a project partner. Ownership is influenced by certain laws, conditions given by the funder, and agreements between project partners.

How do you make sure your design doesn't end up on other people's products? How do you keep the results of your work in your own hands and prevent your designs from being copied?

When you search the University of Oulu study guide with the keyword innov*, you will find nearly 30 courses related to innovation. What is taught about innovation? Why is the topic so relevant that it is worth taking courses on?

When you set up a company for the first time, you will be dealing with many unfamiliar things. You may even come across a pitfall or two. The following tips from experts can help you pay attention to the right things.

Making and disclosing an invention, the related processes within the University and the patenting process itself form a continuum.

This spring, the Innovation Centre of the University of Oulu organized eight training courses related to intellectual property rights (IPR). We found out why participants took part in IPR trainings and what they learned from them.

Open science has long been promoted in Finland. But does it exclude the commercial utilisation of research results?