Industrielle Institut national de la propriété - Building IP Awareness and Capacity of SMEs - Industrial Property Pre-diagnosis WIPO-KIPO-KIPA Asian regional.

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Institut nationalde lapropriété

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

WIPO-KIPO-KIPA Asian regional Meeting

JEJU, 13 December 2007

Nam NGO THIEN> Grandir avec la propriété industrielle page 2

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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


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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)


inpiINPI 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


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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

Who call INPI Direct

27%

26%19%

13%

10% 5%

business creators

SMEs

Barristers, IP counsels

artists and associations

Search organisms anduniversities

Independant andprofessional classes

Provide better information

Training

IP Partnerships

Promoting IP


inpiIP Training

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


Training

IP Partnerships

Promoting IP


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Partnerships ActionsTo 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


Training

IP Partnerships

Promoting IP


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IP Promotion ActionsINPI 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


Training

IP Partnerships

Promoting IP


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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


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Pre-diagnosis in 4 steps

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

Preparation

Getting acquainted with the company

Analysis, report drafting

Delivery


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Pre-diagnosis in 4 steps 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

Preparation



Delivery


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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

Preparation



Delivery


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Pre-diagnosis in 4 stepsPreparation



Delivery


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Delivery


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Delivery

SECTION IV (Summary)


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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

Preparation



Delivery


inpiSurvey On 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


inpiThe 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


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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


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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

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Industrielle Institut national de la propriété - Building IP Awareness and Capacity of SMEs - Industrial Property Pre-diagnosis WIPO-KIPO-KIPA Asian regional.

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