Intellectual Property Manager

The Medical Innovation & Commercialisation Accelerator Programme’ (MedIComm) is a new dynamic ERDF Business Growth project. It is a collaboration between UCLan and Lancashire NHS trusts to identify commercially viable Med-tech products and service innovations in the Hospitals and Universities and to either spin out into new companies or work with Lancashire based SMEs to develop these innovations into commercially viable products and services that meet a clinical need.

The successful applicant will take a lead role in bringing intellectual property expertise across the MedIComm portfolio to ensure any intellectual property is identified and protected in order to generate commercial returns via new Spin-out companies or licensing the IP to Lancashire SMEs.

Undertake institutional Innovation/IP audits across partner trusts to identify relevant intellectual property via clearly defined approach/procedures in order to establish the ownership of that intellectual property.