Transcript IPeuropAware and Sectoral IPR Guides Dr Agnieszka Turynska University of Alicante Geneva, 15th September 2009, WIPO.

IPeuropAware and Sectoral IPR Guides
Dr Agnieszka Turynska
University of Alicante
Geneva, 15th September 2009, WIPO
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• “IPeuropAware” is the main project in the IP field funded by
the EC. Duration Nov 2007 – Nov 2010. Budget 7,7 M€
• The general approach is flexible and open, allowing a fluid
interaction with the Commission & EACI services. This means
the organisation of additional activities or adapting of the
proposed activities in response to EC/EACI recommendations.
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Participants
28 partners:
19 National Patent
Offices,
6 reputable research
organisations,
1 Chamber of
Commerce,
1 Innovation Agency,
1 International
Association.
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Working Scheme
European
Commission
Advisory Board
(external parties)
Scientific Coordination
Committee
(10 consortium members:
DKPTO, UIBM, UA, UKIPO,
PRV, INPI(FR), DPMA,HPO,
CRPHT, IEEPI)
Administrative
Coordination
(UA)
Management Board
All 26 consortium members
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• To
significantly raise SMEs interest, knowledge and
understanding about Intellectual Property issues.
• To help the SMEs to integrate IP in their innovation strategies
and their business planning.
•To improve protection and enforcement by SMEs of their IP
rights from infringement whether this originates from within
or outside the EU.
• To raise SMEs ability to fight counterfeiting and increase
knowledge on the methodologies available to detect it.
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• To develop a Guide on IPR protection to educate the fashion
and design industries (textiles, leather, footwear and
furniture) on the risks counterfeiting poses and on the existing
means and procedures to combat it.
• To promote and support the use of IP rights in international
research, development and technology transfer activities,
providing a support service to actual and potential
beneficiaries of CIP and Research Framework Programme
actions.
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MODULE 0. KNOWLEDGE BASE AND HORIZONTAL WORKPACKAGES
WP1
WP2
Developing the
knowledge Base
WP3
Developing the
IPR Toolbox
IT Support
WP4
WP5
WP6
Communication
and Marketing
Cooperation with
other actors
Project
Management
MODULE 1.
MODULE 3.
LOCAL LEVEL SMEs SERVICES
FOR IPR A AWARENESS AND
ENFORCEMENT
SERVICES FOR EU-FUNDED
RESEARCH AND INNOVATION
PROJECTS
MODULE 2.
SECTORAL IPR
AWARENESS ACTION
WP7
WP8
WP9
Setting up a userfriendly website
for IPR support
for European
SMEs
Setting up local
Helpdesks for IPR
and enforcement
support for
European SMEs
Planning Local
Actions for
Awareness and
Enforcement
Services
WP10
WP11
WP12
Delivering
Awareness and
Enforcement
Actions directly
to SMEs
Delivering
Awareness and
Enforcement
Actions or SMEs
Support Services
IPR
Enforcement
Support
Services
WP13
Sectoral
Handbook(s)
Production
WP14
IPR-Helpdesk
Website Content
Generation and
Info-Service
WP15
Helpline for
participants in EUfunded Research
and Innovation
projects
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Studies and developing the knowledge base
Findings
SMEs with lowest level of awareness
have the highest need for support
services
But:
The greates supply of support
services are targeted at IPR
”beginners”
Findings
SMEs with highest level of
awareness are doing fine
Infringement and enforcement:
The supply of services is
adequate at the higher levels of
awareness
So:
Need for more information about
existing services, or
Not enough services
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IPR Enforcement and support services
Report on recommended enforcement
support services:
Recommended services:
Awareness raising
Guidance (helpdesk)
Website on enforcement
Monitoring services
Counterfeiting hotline
Bank of speakers
Knowledge on IPR enforcement
abroad
National Enforcement Seminars:
2 rounds of enforcement seminars
took place -12 seminars in 11 countries.
3rd round of the enforcement
seminars:
Denmark: January 2010
Italy: 13th October 2009
Malta: 15th October 2009
Poland: 28th October 2009
Hungary: 17 seminars between
4th September and end
November 2009. 15 regional
seminars and 2 seminars in
Budapest.
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Establishment of a cost-efficient and useful trans-national
website including an extranet network of European helpdesks
of Patent Offices.
www.innovaccess.eu
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Development of new IPR awareness and enforcement support
services:
• Top-down method: from national innovation/IP strategies down
to the publicly financed services
• Bottom-up method: identifying gaps between SMEs’ needs and
services provided by NPOs up to strategies
• Matching point in between?
• Implementation of at least 2 new sustainable services on IPR and
enforcement issues per country according to the needs of the
SMEs and to the national innovation/IP policy
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Regular contacts and initiation of relations between NPOs and
various regional and local stakeholders (e.g. EEN contractors,
Custom Offices, Associations, companies, public authorities,
etc.) leading to stronger and sustainable relations between
each NPO and the local intermediaries at national level.
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• Analysis of services delivered in this range by the NPOs
conducted and national assessment reports prepared.
•Drafting of service implementation plans on the basis of the
assessment report(s) has been finalised and the development
of all necessary infrastructure for the implementation of the
service plans has started.
•The implementation of the local first line awareness and
enforcement helpdesk – to be started soon.
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• Sectoral
IP Guides for textile
and clothing, leather,
footware and furniture
industries.
•Awareness seminars in 13
countries and the final event
in Brussels.
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• Currently the English version is nearly ready – 4 Guides, one
per sector of textiles and clothing, footwear, leather and
furniture.
•Remaining 12 languages in translation and editing process.
•The Guide has around 160 pages
•Promotion and dissemination activities to start shortly.
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• 13 seminars in target countries (Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France,
Germany, Greece, Hungary, Lithuania, Italy, Poland, Portugal,
Romania, Spain, United Kingdom) will be organised from October
2009 until September 2010.
• 1 final international seminar in Brussels - September / October 2010.
• With the objective to make aware local SMEs about the fact that the
Guides are available, to raise awareness about IPR and importance of
its protection for target sectors, inform about the threats and risks of
counterfeiting and copying of their products and also about existing
possibilities to prevent counterfeiting-problems.
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•Germany – 9 November 2009
•UK – November 2009
•Greece - 4 or 10 March 2010
•Spain – 11 March 2010
•Romania – 24 March 2010
•Lithuania – 26 April 2010
•Czech Republic – 26 May 2010
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• Operating an efficient free of charge Helpline, assisting
potential and current participants in EU-funded Research and
Innovation projects on IPR issues, in particular those relating to
EU rules for dissemination and use of research results.
www.ipr-helpdesk.org
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• Publication which contains articles, daily news and events of
interest for the target audience and for SMEs
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For more information,
please contact the project coordinator:
[email protected]
[email protected]
Thank you for your attention!!
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