The agreement was signed on March 17. The Patent Office of the Republic of Poland was represented by: Ms. Aneta Stuleblak, Deputy President of the Office, Ms. Marta Pytlarczyk, Head of the Innovation and Communication Department, and Ms. Beata Lenarczyk, Head of the Department for Cooperation with Business Environment Institutions. The MUW was represented by: its Rector, Professor Rafał Krenke, Professor Marcin Sobczak, Vice-Rector for Science and Technology Transfer, and Ms. Anna Kula, Head of the Technology Transfer Office.
Cooperation in disseminating knowledge about intellectual property
The Patent Office is the central governmental authority in the area of industrial property, and has an impact on creating the right conditions for the development of innovative economy. That is why joint action may help our scientists better handle the procedures related to transferring their research results to the economy.
The agreement covers initiatives such as organizing seminars, webinars, conferences, training sessions on the protection of intellectual property and especially of industrial property. It also includes other initiatives to promote the growth of innovation, commercialization of industrial property, or technology transfer and students’ entrepreneurship.
“The scientist has to have a vision, but also an idea for putting that vision into practice – which comes with many formal obstacles. I hope that administrative support in the area of intellectual property will encourage MUW staff to grow as scientists and cooperate with businesses,” said the Rector, Professor Rafał Krenke.
Not just for scientists
The Patent Office is a trusted employer, as well as an attractive place that offers internships and traineeships. That is why one of the sections of the agreement covers disseminating information on its offering among MUW students and graduates, who can add valuable entries in their CVs – and maybe even find employment.
“We have many internship and traineeship programs, and we want to make the knowledge on industrial property that we share during those programs as practical as possible. Students who have completed them have been highly satisfied,” emphasized Ms. Aneta Stuleblak, Deputy President of the Patent Office.
