WP3.A Protection and Valorization of Intellectual Property

This task will provide scouting, evaluation and protection of all the intellectual property developed as part of R&D projects of the Spoke. Additionally, it will provide consulting and legal services aimed at the valorization of IP through licensing and collaborative agreements. To this end, the spoke will hire highly qualified staff, which will be supported by academic and professional resources of Spoke affiliates (GSSI, FBK, TASI) and the know-how from their respective networks. The GSSI, for instance, is part of JoTTo (the Joint Technology Transfer Office of Scuola Normale of Pisa, Scuola Sant'Anna of Pisa, IMT of Lucca, IUSS of Pavia, SISSA of Trieste, GSSI) whose skills in the transfer and exploitation of research results could be leveraged. In order to ensure long term sustainability of these activities, the above services can potentially be extended to companies and SMEs within the extended industrial supply chains.