23rd Expert Session

In an era of rapid biomedical advancement, protecting intellectual property (IP) is more critical than ever for safeguarding innovation and ensuring successful technology transfer. This talk offers an insider’s perspective into the dynamic intersection of healthcare and IP, exploring the strategic considerations involved in patenting medical technologies and navigating the complex innovation ecosystem.

Delivered by Markus Zoller, a European and German Patent Attorney with deep expertise in healthcare-related IP, and Katja Siegers, Technology Transfer Manager at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), the session combines legal insights with practical experiences from academia. Together, they will shed light on how collaboration between inventors, institutions, and IP professionals can transform promising research into real-world healthcare solutions.