Innovation Supportfrom the European Patent Academy

Jeremy Philpott Rome 10 December 2009

International convention on intellectual property & competitiveness for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs)

Workshop 5 - Educating SMEs Innovation Managers:Outreach and support programs on IP

Promoting & supporting patent-related IP training

• conferences, seminars and workshops• expert speakers• e-learning• publications• partnerships• ip4inno

ip4inno - basics

• European Commission project, from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2008

• €2 million

• Objective was to train business advisors & TTOs in IP topics, who in turn would train other advisors and SMEs

• Seven work packages

• Twelve 3-hour modules

• Nineteen consortium partners (institutions)

ip4inno - consortium partners

• European Business and Innovation Centres Network

• CRP Henri Tudor, Luxembourg• FUNDITEC, Spain• IWT - Flanders• Fraunhofer TEG• IEEPI, Strasbourg• METU - Technopolis, Turkey• Fundación EOI, Spain• Universidad Politécnica de

Madrid• University of Alicante

• European Patent Office• Hungarian Patent Office• Portuguese Patent & TM Office• National Board of Patents and

Registration of Finland• Spanish Patent Office• INPI, France• State IP Office of Croatia• Turkish Patent Office• Danish Patent Office

ip4inno - modules

1A Patent basics

1B Other industrial property, e.g. reg. trade marks & reg. designs

2A Copyright & related rights

2B "Soft" IP - trade secrets, know-how, confidential information etc.

3A Patent information for supporting business decisions

3B esp@cenet tutorial

4A IP commercialisation (licensing; valuing; strategy)

4B Business planning around IP

5A IP enforcement (litigation & ADR; piracy & counterfeiting)

5B IP problem-solving exercises

6A IP issues by sector: Creative Industries; Software & CII; Biotechnology

6B Promoting IP to SMEs (running workshops; PR campaigns)

ip4inno - results

• The harvest produced over 150 materials (mostly ppt files, but also brochures, case studies etc)

• Forty training events promised, but sixty delivered from October 2007 to October 2008 (WP5)

• Over 800 trainees• In WP6 (three pilot areas) over 500 people trained by

some of those taught in WP5• Modules 2A, 2B, 4A, 4B and 5A in highest demand• EC in discussion with EPO to keep the project alive up

to 2011 at least

Next steps

• Find partners with pertinent expertise to help with:– Revising, updating and shortening existing modules– Creating new modules (licensing; open innovation)– Translating materials (priority: Italy, Poland, new

members)• Develop e-Learning materials

– "virtual classrooms" (webcasts)– "Event Captures"– Custom-made modules, studio recorded

• Maintain and update website - www.ip4inno.eu• Build a self-sustaining network of trainers

Thank you for your attention

Jeremy Philpott European Patent Academyjphilpott@epo.org European Patent Office+49 89 2399 5405 www.epo.org

www.ip4inno.euwww.proinno-europe.eu