Ms. Magdalena Maciejska-Szlaps

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New and Improved Programs on IP Awareness,
Capacity-Building and Education Experiences and
best practices of the Patent Office of the
Republic of Poland

• Ms. Magdalena Maciejska-Szlaps
• Mr. Marcin Gedlek
• Patent Office of the Republic of Poland

Seventh Annual WIPO Forum On Intellectual
Property And Small And Medium-Sized Enterprises
For Intellectual Property Offices And Other
Relevant Institutions In The Organization For
Economic Cooperation And Development (OECD)
Countries Geneva, September 14-15, 2009
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IP Education
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IP Education

• Academic year 2008/2009 almost 2 million
  students at 445 universities and higher education
  schools (130 public)
• previously
• Intellectual Property optionally introduced to
  curriculum individual decision of particular
  university
• now
• Since the academic year 2008/2009, intellectual
  property issues have been introduced as
  obligatory into syllabuses in all faculties of
  academic schools.

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IP Education
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IP Education Training

• In preparation
• Educational Website Portal, containing updated
  information related to different subjects of IP
  protection
• Workshops on how to perform advanced prior art
  searches
• Postgraduate studies on IP management

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IP Education Training
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Awareness of RD staff
Proposal
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External funding of patent related activities
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• Thank you for your attention!