What are patents?   Patents protect an invention from being commercialised by others without the owner’s consent. A patent does not give a right for use, but rather prevents others from having the right to use your invention (without your permission). The responsibility for enforcing the right…

Leiden University has legal counsels with different expertise areas, working in various departments: General Legal affairs (JZ) Privacy legal counsels and officers: privacy related matters, data protection HR: employment related matters Luris: research contracts, valorisation, intellectual property

Where your research has led to interesting opportunities which could be further developed into new products or processes, Luris is here to assist with the identification of the potential strategy to follow. And of course to identify external partners to move these ideas forward. In some cases you may…

Universitair Belang komt op voor de belangen van álle medewerkers. Of je nu promovendus, hoogleraar of receptionist bent, jouw belangen worden gegarandeerd vertegenwoordigd. Wij staan voor vertrouwen, open communicatie, transparante besluitvorming en minder bureaucratie. Ons doel? Minder starre regels…