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NEWS - We publish Notice for the valorisation of the patents of the University of Genoa, with a deadline for the collection of expressions of interest at 12.00 noon on 12/06/2026.
Annex 1: Model for expression of interest for UniGe patents

UniGe protects the knowledge and innovation produced by its institutional activities through the technical-legal instruments of Industrial Property.

Intellectual property refers to the set of legal principles that protect works that are the result of human inventiveness and ingenuity, such as artistic and literary works, industrial inventions and utility models, designs, trademarks. It covers two major areas, copyright and industrial property rights.

As for the subject matter of copyright, any work must be considered subject to copyright unless otherwise stated and in the absence of evidence to the contrary. This applies both to existing creations that have not yet been published and to works published in any venue. Any content present on the web can be considered to be the subject of copyright.

Industrial Property: Patents, Models, Trademarks

Industrial property is the set of legal principles that protect trademarks and other distinctive signs, geographical indications, appellations of origin, designs and models, inventions, utility models, topographies of semiconductor products, confidential business information and new plant varieties. The Industrial Property Code, legislative decree no. 30 of 10 February 2005, brings together in a single text the entire subject matter, integrating the provisions of the civil code.

Software programme protection

To protect software programmes, it is necessary to accompany their distribution with a user licence, a document that specifies the rights and duties of those who receive it and those who disseminate it. User licences are based on copyright law.

In general, software programmes per se are not patentable, but software of a technical nature, i.e. software inventions that solve technical problems with technical-operational solutions, are patentable. A patent protects the underlying logic of software, regardless of its specific implementation.

Services

The Research Exploitation and Technology Transfer Sector supports inventors in protecting and exploiting the results of research activities through:

  • Advising on intellectual property protection strategies
  • Managing filings of patent applications or other protection instruments
  • Evaluation of offers for the acquisition of exclusive and non-exclusive licences aimed at the industrial realisation of inventions
  • Management in the stipulation of joint development agreements licensing or assignment to companies

For companies

The University of Genoa considers the exploitation of research results and intellectual property a fundamental objective, through collaboration with companies that takes different forms, from joint research contracts to licences.

The patents currently available for licensing agreements or assignment to companies interested in their commercial exploitation are as follows, divided by subject area:

For faculty and researchers

New online form for submission of Declaration of Invention to be filled in to request the filing of a patent application on behalf of the University.

Please read the guidelines carefully before filling out. 

Linee_Guida_Compilazione_Dichiarazione_di_invenzione.pdf

Declaration of Invention Form


Other content for teachers and researchers on intellectual property:

Normative

UIBM Ufficio Italiano Brevetti e Marchi - Italian Patent Office  
EPO European Patent Office  
WIPO World Intellectual Property Organisation

Contacts

Research Enhancement, Technology Transfer and Business Relations Department

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