The IPI is a partner and jury member of the YES Company Programme. The young participants learn in real-life conditions how to develop a business idea and manage a company. The topic of intellectual property quickly raises its head: start-ups such as theirs may want to protect a name, or their plans might create problems with third parties.
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Mini-companies find out about trade mark protection
In summer, the best mini-companies will pit it out again in the final of Young Enterprise Switzerland (YES). The IPI will once more be presenting the IP Management Award.
The mini-companies from Alte Kantonsschule Aarau visited the IPI’s workshop too. Copyright: IPI
IPI visits 18 schools
That’s why the IPI offers numerous tailored workshops. IP Senior Trainer Matthias Käch shows the ambitious pupils what they need to bear in mind with their mini-companies and provides lots of practical examples. The programme features trade marks and copyright, because these are the intellectual property rights that the young people will encounter the most. The experienced trainer visited 18 schools last year.
The final
That’s why the IPI offers numerous tailored workshops. IP Senior Trainer Matthias Käch shows the ambitious pupils what they need to bear in mind with their mini-companies and provides lots of practical examples. The programme features trade marks and copyright, because these are the intellectual property rights that the young people will encounter the most. The experienced trainer visited 18 schools last year.
The programme will continue until June – as will Matthias Käch’s travels. In April, he’ll be attending the National Trade Fair. “I’ll hold interviews about IP rights with the 75 nominated teams in order to select three finalists for the IPI’s IP Management Award,” explains Matthias Käch. The final of the YES programme will take place on 2 and 3 June.
Video: Pupils from Alte Kantonsschule Aarau recount what they learned in the workshop
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