SouthSouth and Triangular Cooperation Partnerships for Innovation Support

South-South and Triangular Cooperation Partnerships for Innovation Support Denise Gregory Interregional Expert Meeting South-South and Triangular Cooperation for Access to Information Knowledge, Innovation Support, and Technology Transfer Lima, May 5 and 6, 2015

INPI Structure: Directorate of Cooperation for Development (DICOD) Assistant Center for the Dissemination of Technological Information (CEDIN) ü Development of patent landscape studies, patent searches, IP dissimination Brazilian Center for Biological Material (CBMB) General Coordination of International Cooperation (CGCI) General Coordination of Regional Action (CGAR) Coordination of National Cooperation (CONAC) ü Relations with international IP Offices and others ü Relations with ü Relations regional actors with IP and of the National Innovation IP System national system actors Academy of IP, Innovation and Development (ACAD) ü IP education, Training, Master and Doctorate Programs

Perspectives on IPRs • Innovation Act (2004) • IP policy as part of the innovation-oriented industrial development Government policy Brazil Maior Plan • The Federal Government took on the commitment to strengthen and to modernize INPI • IP is top priority in the agenda of the National Industry Confederation for Innovation and IP • Research Centers, Universities and TTOs - reinforcement of the protection and commercialization of IP

INPI Strategic Plan 1. Eficiency and Quality: - Strengthen and modernize INPI - Invest in backlog solutions 2. Participation in the Global IP System - Promote South-South Cooperation - Strengthen IP BRICS collaboration 3. Regional Collaboration - PROSUR: IP Offices of 9 South America countries 4. Promotion of the strategic use of IP and the Technological Information - Help SMEs and Universities to identify, protect and share their IP; to build strong IP portfolios and adequate licensing strategies

INPI-WIPO Agreement for South-South Cooperation § § § Project title: Increasing and Improving the use of the IP system in the developing countries 4 years: 2012 -2016 Objectives: 1) Collaboration to build public policies and strategies for innovation; 2) Collaboration for the design of institutional policies on the management of IP and Technology Transfer in academic institutions, Support agencies for the industry (in what it relates to the regulation of ownership, benefit sharing, conflict of interest, etc) ; 3) Collaboration for the capacity building of IP and Innovation professionals

INPI-WIPO Agreement for South-South Cooperation Main Activities for cooperation with IP Offices: - II Inter-Regional Forum for Heads of Industrial Property Offices of South America and Arab Countries: a South collaborative agenda on IP and Innovation Public Policies, Institutional Policies, Business Strategies, and Capacity Building. Participants: WIPO, League of Arab Countries, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Paraguay, Peru, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Tunisia, Uruguay and Yemen.

INPI-WIPO Agreement for South-South Cooperation Main Activities for cooperation with Latin American IP Offices: - Workshop on Patent Examination and Administration with 17 LA Countries - Workshop on Technology Transfer and IP Commercialization: one edition in Montevideu, Uruguay for Mercosur countries and a second one in Lima, Peru, following this Seminar - Workshop on the use of Technological Information as a development strategic tool for 15 LA Countries - Workshop on the Analysis of Patent as a Source of Information for Innovation Strategies

INPI-WIPO Agreement for South-South Cooperation Main Activities for cooperation with Latin American IP Offices: - Workshop on Methodologies of Analysis of Patent Database (Patent Analytic) - Advanced Training Program on STL (Succssessful Technology Licensing) - PROSUR meetings: structuring of a collaborative platform for search and technical exam - PROSUR consultancy study on its Institutional model

INPI-WIPO Agreement for South-South Cooperation * 6 Activities accomplished:

IP BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) Cooperation Goals: - Enhance information exchange on IPR legislation and enforcement - Jointly develop capacity building programs in the IPR area - Promote technical cooperation among IP Offices - Share and promote experiences on IP matters

Gracias! Denise Gregory INPI - Director of Cooperation for Development dgregory@inpi. gov. br (+5521)3037 -3130