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industrielle
Institut nationalde lapropriété
- Building IP Awareness and Capacity of SMEs -Industrial Property Pre-diagnosis
WIPO-KIPO-KIPA Asian regional Meeting
JEJU, 13 December 2007
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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)
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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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inpiINPI DIRECT
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
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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
Provide better information
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
Provide better information
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
Provide better information
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
Getting acquainted with the company
Analysis, report drafting
Delivery
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Pre-diagnosis in 4 steps
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
Getting acquainted with the company
Analysis, report drafting
Delivery
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Pre-diagnosis in 4 stepsPreparation
Getting acquainted with the company
Analysis, report drafting
Delivery
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Pre-diagnosis in 4 stepsPreparation
Getting acquainted with the company
Analysis, report drafting
Delivery
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Pre-diagnosis in 4 stepsPreparation
Getting acquainted with the company
Analysis, report drafting
Delivery
SECTION IV (Summary)
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Pre-diagnosis in 4 steps
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
Getting acquainted with the company
Analysis, report drafting
Delivery
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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
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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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