INNOVATION AND TRANSFER DIALOGUE: Intellectual Property in Medical Innovation

Speakers from various areas, including patent law and university technology transfer offices in Japan and Germany, will provide introductions to the topic.

The second part of the event will offer the opportunity to discuss a real case study, allowing for deeper engagement with the subject and participants’ individual questions.

Further information can be found in the program and the event poster, and on the HUOK website:
https://www.uni-heidelberg.de/kyoto-office/news.html
The language of the event is English.

Program
Topic: Intellectual Property in Medical Innovation
Date: Wednesday, November 26, 2025
Start: 17:30 (registration from 17:15)
End: 19:30 (followed by networking)
Venue: Kyoto University, Yoshida International House (Yoshida South Campus), Room 2 (ground floor)

Speakers
J. Felix Grasbon
Patent Attorney, Grättinger · Möhring · von Poschinger (Germany) / Alumnus of Heidelberg University
https://www.realpatent.de/patentanwalt-starnberg/patent-attorney-anwalt-grasbon.asp?lang=DE
Chikako Saotome, professor at Kyoto University, responsible for technology transfer in the life sciences at the Medical Innovation Center, Kyoto University
https://kdb.iimc.kyoto-u.ac.jp/profile/en.95daccb7973dd8b5.htm
lSaskia Riedel, ScienceValue Heidelberg GmbH (SVH)
https://www.sciencevalue-heidelberg.de/en/who-we-are/team

Discussant:
William Baber, professor at the Graduate School of Management, Kyoto University
https://www.gsm.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/faculty/546/

Registration for the event requested, if possible, by November 21, 2025, by email to: info@huok.uni-heidelberg.de
On-site registrations are possible. However, please note that places are limited.