Ashmar provides high-quality professional training for patent attorneys, paralegals, patent agents, research managers, information scientists, and others who demand up-to-date Intellectual Property Rights training. With Ashmar training, you and your staff can become more proficient in every aspect of patent searching, drafting, landscaping, analysis, and licensing. There is a wide range of training classes available from Ashmar. Training is held at our training center in Gurgaon, India; or on-site at your location.

Standard courses

These courses cover basic IP awareness with emphasis of the course is on practical work.

Ashmar offers the program for learning to search patent information. We can show you the differences between each search system or product, tell you our experiences of working with these products on a daily basis, and point out their strengths and weaknesses for different types of searches. This can help you select and use the appropriate search products that will most effectively meet the unique needs of your organization. The course also covers patent analysis and landscaping which enable patent professionals to articulate particular patent accurately and comprehensively.

The patent drafting course is directed to teaching the art of drafting descriptions and claims used in the major jurisdictions that include United States and India, compliance with procedural requirements, and skills development for working with inventors. At the conclusion of the first segment students are given patent drafting exercises that are later evaluated by experts. 
Our classes can help you:

• Introduction to different types of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)
• Master the latest techniques in patent searching;
• Understand and effectively use the best data-bases and search tools;
• Develop patent analysis and mapping skills and techniques;
• Understand the effective way of  patent drafting
• Use IP information effectively for business planning, competitive analysis, IP valuations, and more; and
• Keep up-to-date with the latest changes in the patent law.

Tailor-made courses

Ashmar also offers tailor-made courses that are suitable for your organization. The purpose of a special-order course is to adapt the contents to your specific needs, and to deliver the course at venue of your interest. The courses are designed following inputs from you on the background, existing knowledge, experience, and tasks of the course participants. Based on these inputs, we select optimal speakers and develop the course design, scope, methods, implementation and follow-up procedures. Special-order courses are a complement to our standard courses. As a rule, the courses are made up of lectures and practical exercises interspersed with discussions. The programs contain everything from basic to more advanced information. As an example a one day course would consist of 6 hours excluding lunch and other breaks.

A sample set of lectures could look like the following:

• Intellectual property as a business asset
• How IPRs can be generated/ improved in any organization
• Introduction to Patents for the Business Professional
• Marketing and commercialization of IP assets
• Deciding the right time to sell/buy IPs
• Registration and valuation of IPs
• Efficient portfolio management of IP assets