Innovation Support from the European Patent Academy Seventh
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Innovation Support from the European Patent Academy Seventh WIPO –OECD Forum on Intellectual Property and SMEs for IP Offices and Other Relevant Institutions in OECD Countries Jeremy Philpott WIPO, Geneva, 15 September 2009
Promoting & supporting patent-related IP training • • • conferences, seminars and workshops expert speakers e-learning publications partnerships ip 4 inno
ip 4 inno - 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)
ip 4 inno - consortium partners • • • 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
ip 4 inno - modules 1 A Patent basics 1 B Other industrial property, e. g. reg. trade marks & reg. designs 2 A Copyright & related rights 2 B "Soft" IP - trade secrets, know-how, confidential information etc. 3 A Patent information for supporting business decisions 3 B esp@cenet tutorial 4 A IP commercialisation (licensing; valuing; strategy) 4 B Business planning around IP 5 A IP enforcement (litigation & ADR; piracy & counterfeiting) 5 B IP problem-solving exercises 6 A IP issues by sector: Creative Industries; Software & CII; Biotechnology 6 B Promoting IP to SMEs (running workshops; PR campaigns)
ip 4 inno - 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 (WP 5) • Over 800 trainees • In WP 6 (three pilot areas) over 500 people trained by some of those taught in WP 5 • Modules 2 A, 2 B, 4 A, 4 B and 5 A in highest demand • EC in discussion with EPO to keep the project alive up to 2011 at least
Thank you for your attention Jeremy Philpott jphilpott@epo. org +49 89 2399 5405 European Patent Academy European Patent Office www. epo. org www. ip 4 inno. eu www. proinno-europe. eu
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