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    Molnár István, PhD

    István Molnár, PhD

    European and Hungarian patent attorney

    Patent attorney Dr. István Molnár is the founder of DR. MOLNÁR Networked Intellectual Property Solutions. He started his professional career in 2000, immediately after graduating from university studies, in the field of industrial property protection. In the course of his career, he has worked in major patent law firms, as well as for academic and market-based knowledge transfer organisations. Since 2007 he has been a lecturer at the Advanced Level Industrial Property Protection Course of the Hungarian Intellectual Property Office, since 2011 he was an assistant professor at Kecskemét College, then, since 2016 he has been an associate professor at Neumann János University, between 2012 and 2015 he was a Member of the Economic and Scientific Advisory Board for the President of the European Patent Office, and between 2009 and 2010 he was a lecturer and training material developer for the World Intellectual Property Organisation. He publishes regularly in Hungarian and English.

    Qualifications

    Industrial property procedures, industrial property enforcement and litigation, innovation management, licensing and knowledge transfer, employment-related intellectual property, intellectual property policy, intellectual property portfolio management, industrial property search, patentability search, university intellectual property transfer, research collaborations, trademarks, copyright, pharmaceuticals, automotive IP management, hydrocarbons IP management, pharmaceutical IP management and technology transfer, agricultural innovation, organic chemistry R&D, construction materials technology, food industry innovation and IP.

    Key competences

    Industrial property procedures, industrial property enforcement and litigation, innovation management, licensing and knowledge transfer, employment-related intellectual property, intellectual property policy, intellectual property portfolio management, industrial property search, patentability search, university intellectual property transfer, research collaborations, trademarks, copyright, pharmaceuticals, automotive IP management, hydrocarbons IP management, pharmaceutical IP management and technology transfer, agricultural innovation, organic chemistry R&D, construction materials technology, food industry innovation and IP.

    Publications

    Community involvement

    founder of Golden Gate Children’s House
    (https://www.aranykapugyermekhaz.hu/kuldetesunk)
    Foundation