Transcript Business Support Services

WIPO Forum 2008
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales
September 10th – 11th 2008
Dr Brian More –Coventry University
Business Support Services
The region and its
industrial significance
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5.27 million people
9% of UK population
more than half in cities
20.4% in the
manufacturing sector
32,000 listed buildings
5 areas of outstanding
beauty
13 Universities/HE
Colleges
Source: GOWM
At the heart of Innovation since 1700
Patent Activity
Patent Applications per Million Inhabitants (2005)
500
The West
Midlands
has the 3rd
lowest R&D
expenditure
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English
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Northern Ireland
North East
East Midlands
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Trademark Activity
Trade Mark Applications per Million Inhabitants (2005)
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There was
a 30%
reduction in
design
applications
2004 to
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Yorkshire and
The Humber
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Barriers to SME IP Activity
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Cost – Both direct fees and opportunity costs
Value for money
Complexity
Time
Need for secrecy
Difficulty in enforcing IP rights
Still the case since the mid 1900’s
Targeted SME Support
West Midlands IP Forum – Fillip
• Funded by the RDA – Advantage West Midlands
• Managed by Coventry University Enterprises Ltd
• Remit
– To raise awareness of IP
– To form a Forum of IP Professionals in the West Midlands to
provide businesses with a one stop shop for IP
– To establish a website for IP Resources
– Managed Grant Funding for IP related work
Achievements
In the West Midlands Fillip has:
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Engaged with 327 individuals
Engaged with 305 businesses
Held 12 events
Managed a competition to win IP funding; providing
£149,500 of funding to small and medium sized
businesses
Fillip Awards
Fillip Awards Process
– 63 applications received for national and international patent
and trade mark registration, legal support and
commercialisation
– eleven stage one winners
– Applications judged by an independent panel
– Intervention rate 90%, £4,500 grant, £500 company
– Five of the eleven stage one winners received up to £20k in
additional stage two funding
– Intervention rate 80%, £20,000 grant, £5,000 company
Diversity and Business
Requirements
Competition Winners
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Bayport Medical
Diesel International
Fingerpin –
Forensic pathways
Hyfinity
Junkk.com
Makmarine
Nailseal
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Oneswitch
Piezotag
Surface Processing
Medical – Rehabilitation product
Automotive Fuelling device
Software development- authentication product
ICT & Manufacturing- management of information
Computer software –enterprise applications
Environment - reusable seal
Leisure Industry – Jet ski
Construction industry improved performance &
productivity of nail guns
Environmental electronics – energy saving device
Automotive - Sensors
Metal Processing – processing in the motor industry
Case study 1 Mak Marine
“The Fillip grant has
enabled Mak Marine to
under pin core IP value”
(Simon McLoughlin, MD of
Mak Marine)
The grant was used in
international patent and
trade mark applications
in order to build a strong
and defensible worldwide brand
Case study 2
Surface Processing Limited
“I'd not realised how
important patent
protection was for our
company until we
started licence
negotiation, suddenly
we were taken seriously
by all concerned”
(Adrian McMurray, MD of
SPL)
The grant was used for extending the TM to CTM,
international patent application, drafting and negotiating a
license agreement .
Case study 3
Junkk.com
“'The IP has provided
the backbone around
which all else has
been built'
(Peter Martin, MD of
Junkk.com)
Martin's routes to market are
now clearer...............the
route he now favours is
going directly to the caps
and closure packaging
manufacturers and striking a
licensing deal there
Breaking into new
markets with the RE:tie
The future of Fillip
1. Proposed company limited by guarantee
2. Subscription from IP professional companies and SME’s
3. Extend the network to cover other legal and commercial
professions
4. Training , education and networking event organisation
5. Investigate further funding from DG Enterprise EU FP7 Project
6. Annual award for IP and innovation in SMEs
Stage a prestigious event to disseminate all the case study companies
Covers aspects of IP use in business, including raising finance
November 11th at West Bromwich Albion Football ground
Member Companies
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Anthony Collins Solicitors
AutoGlobal Business Network Ltd
Barker Brettell LLP
Browne Jacobson
Chapman Molony
Coller IP Management
Forresters
Leaman Browne
Marks & Clerk
Martineau Johnson
MS Research & Consulting
Roome Associates
Swindell & Pearson
Varley Hibbs
Wilson Gunn
Withers & Rogers
Wright Hassall LLP
Contacting the Fillip Network
Contact Details
www.fillip.org.uk
Corinne Edwards -07974 984350
Email - [email protected]
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