Dr Adrian Bradley to speak at CIPA webinar on Open Innovation

Cleveland Scott York partner, Dr Adrian Bradley, will be speaking as part of a webinar on Open Innovation organised by the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA) on Tuesday 18 September 2018.

Also presenting is Bernie Graves of US law firm Baker Donelson.

Open innovation involves combining internal and external ideas as well as internal and external routes to market to advance the development of new technologies. The CPD webinar will examine how open innovation projects can be structured and executed, including a consideration of the pitfalls.

Further details, including information about how to book, are available here.

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