Business with ESA

This e-learning course contains the recordings and materials of the "IP and patents lecture series" that took place in November and December 2022.

Intellectual property and patents are strategic tools to be taken into consideration in business decision-making and strategy. In this nine-part series, specialists from the world of patents and IP introduce important concepts and delve into issues such as patents, trade secrets and due diligence.

The following topics are covered in each individual session:

Join ESA's "New Capabilities and Countries in European Space" Conference at ESA/ESTEC (Noordwijk, NL) on 23+24 May 2023.

Join to exchange ideas, needs and experiences that can help ESA to develop a new version of its costing software, ECOS.

An interactive webinar with ESA's Industrial Ombudsman, Georges Bernède, will take place on 9 February 2023 at 10:00 CET.

This webinar, focused on compliant PSS-A forms for ESA projects, will take place on 25 May 2023 (10:00 - 12:00 CEST).

On 23 May 2023 (10:00 - 12:00 CEST), ESA is offering a webinar on "Compliant Industrial Rates for ESA Projects" aimed at Financial Managers and Project Controllers of industrial entities, especially Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, wanting to work with ESA.

Learn how to read, understand and interpret a patent.

Learn how to understand and interpret the claims of a patent.

Learn about typical patent paths and the routes to obtain a patent.

Learn about patenting, prior art and how it can be used.