Transcript Innovation Support from the European Patent Academy International convention on intellectual property & competitiveness for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) Workshop 5 -

Innovation Support
from the European Patent Academy
International convention on intellectual property & competitiveness
for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs)
Workshop 5 - Educating SMEs Innovation Managers:
Outreach and support programs on IP
Jeremy Philpott
Rome 10 December 2009
Promoting & supporting patent-related IP training
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conferences, seminars and workshops
expert speakers
e-learning
publications
partnerships
ip4inno
ip4inno - basics
• European Commission project, from 1 January 2007 to
31 December 2008
• €2 million
• Objective was to train business advisors & TTOs in IP
topics, who in turn would train other advisors and SMEs
• Seven work packages
• Twelve 3-hour modules
• Nineteen consortium partners (institutions)
ip4inno - consortium partners
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European Patent Office
Hungarian Patent Office
Portuguese Patent & TM Office
National Board of Patents and
Registration of Finland
Spanish Patent Office
INPI, France
State IP Office of Croatia
Turkish Patent Office
Danish Patent Office
• European Business and
Innovation Centres Network
• CRP Henri Tudor, Luxembourg
• FUNDITEC, Spain
• IWT - Flanders
• Fraunhofer TEG
• IEEPI, Strasbourg
• METU - Technopolis, Turkey
• Fundación EOI, Spain
• Universidad Politécnica de
Madrid
• University of Alicante
ip4inno - modules
1A
Patent basics
1B
Other industrial property, e.g. reg. trade marks & reg. designs
2A
Copyright & related rights
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"Soft" IP - trade secrets, know-how, confidential information etc.
3A
Patent information for supporting business decisions
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esp@cenet tutorial
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IP commercialisation (licensing; valuing; strategy)
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Business planning around IP
5A
IP enforcement (litigation & ADR; piracy & counterfeiting)
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IP problem-solving exercises
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IP issues by sector: Creative Industries; Software & CII; Biotechnology
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Promoting IP to SMEs (running workshops; PR campaigns)
ip4inno - results
• The harvest produced over 150 materials
(mostly ppt files, but also brochures, case studies etc)
• Forty training events promised, but sixty delivered
from October 2007 to October 2008 (WP5)
• Over 800 trainees
• In WP6 (three pilot areas) over 500 people trained by
some of those taught in WP5
• Modules 2A, 2B, 4A, 4B and 5A in highest demand
• EC in discussion with EPO to keep the project alive up
to 2011 at least
Next steps
• Find partners with pertinent expertise to help with:
– Revising, updating and shortening existing modules
– Creating new modules (licensing; open innovation)
– Translating materials (priority: Italy, Poland, new
members)
• Develop e-Learning materials
– "virtual classrooms" (webcasts)
– "Event Captures"
– Custom-made modules, studio recorded
• Maintain and update website - www.ip4inno.eu
• Build a self-sustaining network of trainers
Thank you for your attention
Jeremy Philpott
[email protected]
+49 89 2399 5405
European Patent Academy
European Patent Office
www.epo.org
www.ip4inno.eu
www.proinno-europe.eu