WIPO Forum on IP & SMEs

1. WIPO Forum on IP & SMEs Theme 4: Joint projects based upon intellectual capital sharing IP4Inno – an EU Commission project to train trainers in IP issues for businesses Jeremy Philpott, European Patent Office Geneva 14 September 2007 8/22/2014

2. IP4Inno - basics • European Commission project, from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2008 • €2 million • Objective is to train business advisors in IP topics, who in turn will train other advisors and SMEs • Seven work packages • Twenty consortium partners (institutions) 8/22/2014

3. IP4Inno – consortium partners • 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 • European Business and Innovation Centres Network • CRP Henri Tudor, Luxembourg • FUNDITEC, Spain • IWT - Flanders • Fraunhofer Patent Centre • Fraunhofer TEG • IEEPI, Strasbourg • METU - Technopolis, Turkey • Fundación EOI, Spain • Universidad Politécnica de Madrid • University of Alicante 8/22/2014

4. WP1 WP2 WP4i WP3 WP5 WP6 WP7 WP4ii MS • MS = Input from member states • WP1 = General Admin • WP2 = SME survey • WP3 = Web platform WP4 = (i) harvest material WP4 = (ii) create modules WP5 = Train trainers WP6 = Pilot training WP7 = Evaluation 8/22/2014

5. IP4Inno – Work Packages and Leaders WP1 General administration, budget management etc. EPO (PD 5.1) WP2 European survey of SME needs. IEEPI1 WP3 Web-based platform for the training materials developed in WP4. EPO (PD 0.8) WP4 (i) Harvest existing IP training material from the member states; & (ii) create teaching modules therewith. EPO (PD 5.4) WP5 Use material to train trainers; 40 events (each of 1-3 days) in 20 countries. EBN2 WP6 Pilot training programme to prove that those trained in WP5 can train others effectively. HPO3 WP7 Evaluation. University of Alicante 1 www.ieepi.org 2 www.ebn.be 3 www.hpo.hu 8/22/2014

6. WP4(i) - Harvesting • During the spring 2007 harvesting of existing IP training material in four streams: • (1) Some consortium partners (mostly NPOs) were asked to provide material from their own country. • (2) Some MS with no consortium partner were contacted directly by the Academy. • (3) The NPOs of three MS with no consortium partner (NL, SE, UK) were asked to harvest in their own country. • (4) The Academy also made requests of e.g. ProTon, Eureka, IRCs, WIPO, OHIM, LESI, epi etc. 8/22/2014

7. WP4(ii) – creating training modules • Over 150 separate IP training materials, in several languages, were catalogued according to topic. • Partners declared in May 2007 which modules they wanted to write, supported by the harvested material. • During the summer the partners formed into teams of e.g. 2-3 institutions to write a total of 12 modules. • Each module to comprise 3 teaching hours and use a range of didactic methods. • The EPO and EBN take the lead on Quality Control. 8/22/2014

8. WP4 (ii) Module Topics 8/22/2014

9. WP4 (ii) Module Topics 8/22/2014

10. WP4 (ii) Module Topics 8/22/2014

11. IP4Inno – Work Package 5 • As WP4(ii) concludes, WP5 begins, led by EBN (Robert Sanders; rsa@ebn.be) • Oct 2007 - Oct 2008, delivery of 40 training events, each1-3 days long, to audiences of ca 20 trainees. • This will test, develop and refine the teaching material made, which will also be made available on the IP4Inno web platform (WP3) during 2008 • Appeal! - Who wants to help us teach & train? - Who can help us attract the audiences? 8/22/2014

12. IP4Inno Thank you for your attention Jeremy Philpott European Patent Academy jphilpott@epo.org European Patent Office +49 89 2399 5405 www.epo.org www.proinno-europe.eu 8/22/2014