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AHN Jae-HyunSenior Director
Contents
I. Importance of IP Management of SMEs
II. Current Status of IP Management of SMEs in Korea
III. National IP Action Plan of Korea to
help SMEs
Contents
I. Importance of IP Management of SMEs
II. Current Status of IP Management of SMEs in Korea
III. National IP Action Plan of Korea to
help SMEs
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More R&D investment Effective R&D through IP system More IPRs Stronger competitiveness
More R&D investment Effective R&D through IP system More IPRs Stronger competitiveness
Knowledge-basedEconomy
IPRs : Sources ofcompetitiveness
Large enterprise :
Bitter experience of IPR infringements
Good awareness on the importance of IPR
Active IP strategy and IP management
SMEs : Lack of awareness on IPR, Shortage of fund
and professional staff No IP strategy , no IP mg’t
Large enterprise :
Bitter experience of IPR infringements
Good awareness on the importance of IPR
Active IP strategy and IP management
SMEs : Lack of awareness on IPR, Shortage of fund
and professional staff No IP strategy , no IP mg’t
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SMEsSMEsSMEsSMEsR&D IPR
Enhancing technical
competitiveness Mgt for connecting R&D
and IPR
Gov’t Gov’t Gov’t Gov’t Help SMEs invest in R&D help them make
R&D more effective through search for prior
art help them get more IPRs help them
exploit IPRs enhancing competitiveness
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Contents
I. Importance of IP Management of SMEs
II. Current Status of IP Management of SMEs in Korea
III. National IP Action Plan of Korea to
help SMEs
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Increase of SMEs to Produce leading goods Increase of SMEs to Produce leading goods
Over 2/3 of manufacturers to produce leading goods in the global market are SMEs since 2003.
‘01 ‘02 ‘03 ‘04 ‘05 ‘06
Large firms
56 69 21 30 25 13
SMEs 44 67 57 65 79 61
<Trend of the number of leading goods by size of enterprises>
Strengths and Opportunities
Strengths and Opportunities
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Constant increase of SMEs to develop essential technology Constant increase of SMEs to develop essential technology
-Constant increase of medium sized corporations( 50~299 employees) to produce parts and materials
’99 ’05
42.1%
46.9%46.9%
Constant increase of R&D centers of SMEs Constant increase of R&D centers of SMEs
- R&D centers set up by SMEs have exceeded 10 thousand since 2005.
8,217 8,927 10,894 12,398
Source : Korean Statistics Administation
14,014
‘01 ‘03 ‘05 ‘06 ‘07
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Constant increase of patent filings and registrations by SMEs
Patent filingsPatent registrations
’02 ’03 ’04 ’05
11,969
13,088
15,093
18,661
12,705
13,895
14,966
20,597
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II. Current Status of IP Management of SMEs
Weaknesses and Threats
Weaknesses and Threats
Lack of search for prior art to avoid duplicate R&D Lack of search for prior art to avoid duplicate R&D
Many SMEs modify an R&D project (53.1%) or stop it (14.6%) after investment due to a prior art. <‘05, Korea Industrial Technology Association>
Korean SMEs are weak against a patent offensive by foreign companies due to the lack of a defensive strategy and competitive essential patents.
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Lack of incentive for invention by employee Lack of incentive for invention by employee
29.8%
Only 29.3% SMEs gives Only 29.3% SMEs gives
compensationcompensation
for employee inventionsfor employee inventions ** Large firms : 75.0%Large firms : 75.0%
20.6%
20.6% SMEs have ever lost 20.6% SMEs have ever lost
industrial secrets due to the industrial secrets due to the
lack of proper incentives for lack of proper incentives for
employee inventions.employee inventions.
<’06><’07>
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Lack of CEO’s IP awareness and an IP strategy Lack of CEO’s IP awareness and an IP strategy
A Korean SME to produce DMB paid huge amount of royalty to an
American company on receipt of ‘warning letter against patent
infringement’ without thorough investigation into scope of the
patent.
Most SMEs are lack of an IP strategy against a patent dispute with a large firm home or abroad. - 24% SMEs have experienced patent disputes for the last 3 years.
Most SMEs are suffering from royalty deficits by over 4 times. -Average royalty income : 17 million KRW-Average royalty expenditure : 76 million KRW
Due to lack of commercializing funds and difficulty in marketing etc. SMEs have difficulty in getting profit from IPRs and investing R&D.
Lack of profit from patents Lack of profit from patents
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Lack of IP specialized team and staffLack of IP specialized team and staff
IP specialized IP specialized team : 9.4% (07) team : 9.4% (07) Large firms : 20.6%
9.4%
IP specialized staff : IP specialized staff : average 2.3 persons average 2.3 persons
(07)(07) Large firms : 3.7 persons
160 million
35 million
Patent filings & Patent filings & registrations registrations
Education &Education &trainingtraining
>>
Lack of education and training IP specialistLack of education and training IP specialist
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Contents
I. Importance of IP Management of SMEs
II. Current Status of IP Management of SMEs in Korea
III. National IP Action Plan for SMEs in Korea
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1. Making R&D Effective to Create More IPRs
Making R&D effective thru systematic use of patent informationMaking R&D effective thru systematic use of patent information
Free patent information service (KIPRIS)
- Expand the patent information DB
‘07‘06
54million
60million
Search for prior art before launch of a R&D project
- avoid duplicate R&D, thereby saving money and time
- Further develop a technical idea ‘06 ‘07
7871,200
Strategic R&D projects
Patent information DB
- Customized patent information service
- Link to popular Internet portal sites such Naver, Empas
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Guide for development of essential technologies
Prevention of patent disputes
Analysis of patent informationAnalysis of patent information
SMEsSMEs
Patent map and patent dispute map
- Help SMEs make a strategy for preventing patent disputes and cope with them - Analyze IPR dispute cases between ROK and major countries such as US, EU and JP
Unified patent information service - Open a website providing various kinds of patent information services
* Offer DB of patent infringement cases in the federal courts and CAFC (’07)
* www.patentmap.or.kr
III.National IP Action Plan for SMEs in Korea
1. Making R&D Effective to Create More IPRs
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Expansion of employee invention system as catalyst of innovation
Inducement of development of essential technologies Inducement of development of essential technologies
Preferential Treatment in
Various support
개정 직무발명제도
설명회 개최
Explanatory Meetings, seminars
Expansion of a Best
practice,
Tax exemption of
compensation for emp.
inventions
Analyze international and domestic trademark
applications and registrations and offer to SMEs to help
make a brand and design strategy
Enhancement of awareness of brand and designEnhancement of awareness of brand and design
Develop and offer design maps to help SMEs develop a
good design and prevent design disputes
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2. Speedy acquisition of IPRs
Most speedy patent examination
In the world (’07 : 9.8 month)
Assistance of SMEs to acquire IPRs of the results of R&D Assistance of SMEs to acquire IPRs of the results of R&D
Speedy examination
(9.8 mth)
Speedy
acquisition of IPRs
Shortening of life cycle
-Economic effect : 2.4 trillion KRW
( Korea Institute for Industrial Economics & Trade, ‘06)
「 Highway for patent examination between Korea and Japan 」 (‘07.4) - Help Korean SMEs speed up acquisition of Japanese patents - JPO will give preferential treatment to the filings from Korean applicants that have been filed with both Korean and Japanese Patent Office.
Preferential speedy examination for the filings by tech.-
innovative SMEs
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Reduction of cost for promoting acquisition of IPRsReduction of cost for promoting acquisition of IPRs
Fee exemption
-Medium sized firms : 50%
-Small sized firms : 70%
Support for filings abroad
Promoting international applications of outstanding inventions- 3 million KRW per filing
- Excellent invention : 6 million KRW
‘05 ‘06 ‘07
Max amount per filing
2.5mil. 3 mil.
6 mil.
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3. Commercialization of IPRs
Support for commercialization of IPRsSupport for commercialization of IPRs
“Council for Commercialization of Patented Technologies”
composed of several ministries : 263 billion KRW (’06) 277
billion KRW (’07)
52%
26%
SMEs’ obstacle against commercialization of IPRs
Shortage of fund
Marketing and sales
’06 : KIPO’s survey
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Secured loan against patents
- Help SMEs which lack in capability of security against tangible
assets to get more loan secured against a patented technology
(Amount of loan secured against patents, billion KRW)
‘05 ‘06 ‘07
52.4 768.6
Establishment of ‘Fund of fund’ (‘06~’07, Total 110 billion KRW)
: Invest SMEs or venture companies with excellent patented
technology
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Strengthening the support for making a prototype of a
patent made by SMEs* Up to 30 million (’06) 50 million (’07) per SME
Support for marketing patented goods Support for marketing patented goods
‘E-commerce system’ for patented goods was set up to
help SMEs that lack in capitals and marketing skills.
* Sales are on the rise year by year ( Million KRW)
6300
5200‘05 ‘06
7000‘07
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Improvement of preferential procurement of patented goods
Preferntial
procurement
Preferntial
procurement
NEPNEP Testing AgencyTesting Agency
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•NEP : Certification mark given to a new excellent product by the Korean Agency for Technology and Standard.
-The patented goods
recommended for preferential
procurement by KIPO are
exempted from valuation test
for NEP (New Excellent
Product).
A product with a NEP can
benefitfrom various government
supports.
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Establishment of the valuation system of a patent Establishment of the valuation system of a patent
Support for valuation of a patent
: Help SMEs borrow money from a bank, transfer the patent or
promote
marketing of the patented product.
79.4%
>> 79.4% of the result of the valuation of a patent are useful for financing, sales of the technology, certification or marketing. (02~06)
Strengthening of the credibility of the valuation - Sharing knowledge and skills between valuation agencies
- Training valuation experts through seminars, symposia etc.
- Making a guideline for valuation and a report of valuation
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Establishment of a demander-oriented transaction system Establishment of a demander-oriented transaction system A demander-oriented transaction system was established
to promote transaction of patents.
-Reduce the cost of
search for demanded
technology
-Higher rate of
success of patent
transaction through
online negotiation
Patent auction system Patent auction system (07)(07)Survey of demanded technologySurvey of demanded technologyPatent transaction expertsPatent transaction experts
-Conduct a survey of
demand of technology
-Search for fitting
technology
-Offer a customized
consultation for
transaction of patents.
- Patent transaction
experts help and
promote the patent
transactions
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Establishment of 「 Comprehensive Information System for
Commercialization and Transfer of Patented technology 」
(website)
: Offer comprehensive information on governmental support
programs
such as valuation of technology, loans of commercializing fund
etc.
‘Free license of state-owned patents to
SMEs- More than 700 of state-owned patents that are not
licensed over
3 years are offered to SMEs for free licensing for up
to 2 years.
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Future Policy DirectionFuture Policy DirectionFuture Policy DirectionFuture Policy Direction
Consistent development of an IP
action plan to
help SMEs build IP capacity Enhancement of the quality of patents by
SMEs Enlargement of customized support to
SME Maximization of the policy effect by
strengthening of link between various
support
programs
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