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- Building IP Awareness and Capacity of SMEs - Industrial Property Pre-diagnosis

- Building IP Awareness and Capacity of SMEs - Industrial Property Pre-diagnosis. WIPO-KIPO-KIPA Asian regional Meeting JEJU, 13 December 2007. The National Institute of Industrial Property. INPI is: Public institution Established in 1951

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- Building IP Awareness and Capacity of SMEs - Industrial Property Pre-diagnosis

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  1. - Building IP Awareness and Capacity of SMEs -Industrial Property Pre-diagnosis WIPO-KIPO-KIPA Asian regional Meeting JEJU, 13 December 2007

  2. The National Institute of Industrial Property • INPI is: • Public institution • Established in 1951 • Placed under the supervision of Ministry of economy, finances & employment • 800 employees • Budget: 180 Millions Euros, self-financed >Grandir avec la propriété industrielle

  3. Local representations 4 services centraux : Paris, Compiègne, Lille, Nanterre 15 implantations régionales : Alsace (Strasbourg), Aquitaine (Bordeaux), Bretagne (Rennes), Ile-de-France (Paris), Languedoc-Roussillon (Montpellier), Lorraine (Nancy), Midi-Pyrénées (Toulouse), Nord-Pas de Calais (Lille), Pays de la Loire (Nantes), Provence-Alpes Côte d’Azur (Marseille, Sophia Antipolis), Rhône Alpes (Grenoble, Lyon et Saint Etienne), Antilles-Guyane (Guadeloupe) 4 représentations internationales: Amérique du Nord (Washington), Asie du Sud Est (Bangkok), Chine (Pekin), Maghreb (Rabat) >Grandir avec la propriété industrielle

  4. INPI is in charge of : • Keeping registers • Granting industrial property rights • Informing and training on IP • Participating in formulating & implementing laws and regulations on industrial property • But also… • International representation • Through CNAC, action on counterfeiting issues >Grandir avec la propriété industrielle

  5. INPI DIRECT Provide better information Training IP Partnerships Promoting IP • More than 136 000 questions got an answer • More than 16 000 e-mails • More than 600 calls per day • Development of a Knowledge data base >Grandir avec la propriété industrielle

  6. IP Training Provide better information Training IP Partnerships Promoting IP • CEIPI: Certificate of International Studies on Industrial Property • IEEPI: European Business and Intellectual Property Institute • 949 initiation training sessions and 77 sessions of continuing education on IPR • 781 hours of awareness session of economic actors and research centres in Regions >Grandir avec la propriété industrielle

  7. Partnerships Actions Provide better information Training IP Partnerships Promoting IP • To develop the use of the industrial property as factor for economic growth of companies, the INPI initiates numerous partnerships: • Conventions with Regions : Alsace, Aquitaine, Bretagne, Languedoc-Roussillon, Lorraine, Midi-Pyrénées, Pays de la Loire • Conventions with actors of the innovation scene: ACFCI, OSEO, Réseau Curie, Fédération des Industries Mécanique • Actions near the competitiveness poles • 40 poles are accompanied by the INPI: tools of analysis and follow-up of the practices of the companies in term of PI, technology watch services, awareness and training actions • participation to Forums on innovation funding and competitiveness • Awareness near Researchers • 100 000 laboratory books distributed to researchers, in the framework of a programme with the Ministry of Research >Grandir avec la propriété industrielle

  8. IP Promotion Actions Provide better information Training IP Partnerships Promoting IP • INPI implements each year several actions aiming at promoting IPR near SMEs • INPI innovation trophy rewards • A Small or Medium Enterprise for their innovation policy et industrial property policy • A research center for its capacity to value its R & D thanks to industrial property • The « Entretiens de Paris », in partnership with Les Echos, HEC and the Senate: • In 2006 « IP and Value Creation : Adding value to intellectual assets of the enterprise » • In 2007 « Strategic Management of Intellectual Property » • INPI Innovation Meetings offer sectorial and forecast analysis from patent applications filed near INPI • January 2007 : automobile and environment • June 2007 : image et networks • Roving Exhibitions • INPI uses its archives in proposing exhibitions to the public, in particular on counterfeiting issues • Since 2006, INPI is partner of « Names of Innovation », exhibition that pays tribute to 34 inventors whose invention is named after them >Grandir avec la propriété industrielle

  9. Industrial Property Pre-Diagnosis • The pre-diagnosis is conceived as an open method for introducing IP to innovative SME that do not make yet use of IP • All the industrial property tools are taken into consideration: patents, trademarks, designs, contracts, licences, documentary searches, technology purchase and sale • Objectives • Raising the company’s awareness • highlight the importance of an industrial property policy for the company • Propose course of actions Pre-diagnosis service is free of charge for the SME >Grandir avec la propriété industrielle

  10. Pre-diagnosis in 4 steps Preparation Getting acquainted with the company Analysis, report drafting Delivery • signature of an undertaking agreement between the INPI and the company • Information on the company, its sector of activity, and its competitors • Duration: 3 hours >Grandir avec la propriété industrielle

  11. Pre-diagnosis in 4 steps Preparation Getting acquainted with the company Analysis, report drafting Delivery • Products, services, processes • Technology, R&D, innovations • Suppliers, subcontractors, distributors, … • Organization, HR, training • Financial situation • Finding out about the players involved in industrial property • Duration ½ day >Grandir avec la propriété industrielle

  12. Pre-diagnosis in 4 steps Preparation Getting acquainted with the company Analysis, report drafting Delivery • Presentation of the company, its products and its competitive environment • IP finding and evaluation of IP needs • Recommendations and competitive advantages of IP • Summary • Duration: ½ day >Grandir avec la propriété industrielle

  13. Pre-diagnosis in 4 steps Preparation Getting acquainted with the company Analysis, report drafting Delivery >Grandir avec la propriété industrielle

  14. Pre-diagnosis in 4 steps Preparation Getting acquainted with the company Analysis, report drafting Delivery >Grandir avec la propriété industrielle

  15. Pre-diagnosis in 4 steps Preparation Getting acquainted with the company Analysis, report drafting Delivery SECTION IV(Summary) >Grandir avec la propriété industrielle

  16. Pre-diagnosis in 4 steps Preparation Getting acquainted with the company Analysis, report drafting Delivery • Oral presentation within the company • handing over the report is an ideal opportunity to expand on the follow-up action called for in the pre-diagnosis • Monitoring the company’s practices in terms of industrial property will be carried out >Grandir avec la propriété industrielle

  17. SurveyOn 100 enterprises which benefit of an IP pre-diagnosis in 2005 • 92 % declare a level of satisfaction good or excellent • 80 % have a better understanding of IP and of the advantages IP could provide to their company >Grandir avec la propriété industrielle

  18. The survey also gives an insight on what motivate enterprises to get an IP pre-diagnosis • The enterprise never applied for a patent but has an innovative technical project that it wants to protect • The enterprise is a subcontractor of a big company but its “niche market” is disappearing (restructuring, delocalisation), she needs to innovate to survive • The enterprise is victim of counterfeiters, but without any IP applications • The decision makers are curious and want to know more >Grandir avec la propriété industrielle

  19. how French SMEs perceive IPR • Cons • Enterprise perceives IP as complex and administrative • Enterprise doesn’t see itself as innovative • Enterprise considers that an IP policy is expensive • Enterprise has no financial strength to defend their IP in case of litigation • Enterprise products have a short life >Grandir avec la propriété industrielle

  20. how French SMEs perceive IPR • Pro • Enterprise is a start-up, she needs to raise funds and to use the technical guarantee and backing provided by patent • Enterprise wishes to develop a project in partnership and wants to alleviate any possible future conflict on the sharing of the rights • Enterprise gets knowledge that their competitors apply for patents and wishes to keep a technological advantage >Grandir avec la propriété industrielle

  21. THANK YOU !

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