DL-730 - Executive Course on Intellectual Property and Exports

"My experience with the Executive Course DL-730 "Intellectual property and exports" was highly rewarding and fruitful. The course as it is proposed changes the traditional training schemes of WIPO, the practicality of the exercises and the applicability of the theory through cases from the beginning of the modules allowed a greater understanding and appropriation of knowledge. Likewise, having the opportunity to listen to international tutors and colleagues allowed me to have a broader perspective of the scope of IP and exports."

"The course material was informative, clear, succinct, and up to date. The Tutors are highly qualified professionals, and their experience enriched wonderfully the live lectures and the forums. The WIPO courses are generally high-quality courses and that makes them interesting. Sometimes online courses are courses to add to your CV, but these courses require willpower to acquire all the knowledge made available to participants. Undoubtedly, Law and IP courses in Colombia are usually focused on the national territory.
Even though we are part of the Andean Region (Colombia, Ecuador, Perú and Bolivia), as it happens in IP aspects as well as in other aspects, the Academia and sometimes the specialized IP offices lack contact or information about their regional peers and lack even more information on the publications of the other international IP offices. Nevertheless, this course was great and very helpful to professionals in the IP and International Trade sectors because it encompassed different situations in multiple jurisdictions, and the experiences were shared with people from Central America, South America and Europe which enriched the course in an incredible way."

"The course is extremely useful to commercialize the products derived from research and innovations in new markets. The subject is approached through practical examples, as well as considerations for variations of the legislation for the protection of intellectual property rights in countries."

"The DL-730 Executive Course made me understand that while IP protection is territorial, for a correct exploitation it must be managed globally, which increases the value of a company, as could be seen with the success stories analyzed. With the information provided by the course, I acquired a clear notion and a guide of the steps to follow to successfully achieve the export of IP. Thank you for making me part of such a pleasant experience!"

"One of the greatest attractions of the course is that the reading material brought many practical cases from different countries, which allowed a better understanding of the theory. Likewise, the final exam was of a practical nature (on an example from our country), which made it possible to explore and analyze the national reality. On the other hand, the lectures were very useful, in which the professors kindly and attentively clarified our doubts and presented the matter."

"The material is extremely interesting and the live lectures helped a lot to know the different perspectives on the challenges faced by the actors involved in exports such as entrepreneurs, exporters, legal professionals, or agency workers themselves and how to arrive at effective solutions to achieve adequate protection of intellectual property, as well as remember the importance of this in the export process. For this reason, I thank WIPO for allowing me to be part of this pilot course, since thanks to this I expanded my knowledge of intellectual property in exports, which will allow me to continue developing professionally and apply it in future cases."

"An extraordinary course based on analysis of real cases and conducted by excellent experts. The exchange of experiences between students from various countries generated a good dynamic and enriched the classes. For me, who work at the Brazilian Trade (Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency) and Investment Promotion Agency (Apex-Brasil), the knowledge acquired was useful and important."