Transcript Innovation Support Activities from the European Patent

Innovation support activities from
the European Patent Academy
Eighth WIPO Forum on IP and SMEs
Jeremy Philpott
European Patent Academy
Rome
4-5 October 2010
Publications
www.ip4inno.eu
ip4inno - twelve teaching modules, each 3-hours long
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; Biotech.
6B Promoting IP to SMEs (running workshops; PR campaigns)
Follow-up project - ip4inno II - to Dec 2011
• 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
• Lay foundations for a self-sustaining trainers' network
Thank you for your attention!
Jeremy Philpott
Innovation Support
European Patent Academy
[email protected]
+49 89 2399 5405
www.epo.org/academy
Inventors' Handbook
www.epo.org/topics/innovation-and-economy/handbook.html
New e-learning modules on computer-implemented inventions:
https://e-learning.epo.org -> Open Access modules -> Patent Knowledge
More extensive training for business advisors on a range of IP issues
is available through the ip4inno project: http://www.ip4inno.eu/