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Patents in the future. 17 November 2006 Deputy Director General Keld Nymann Jensen. Patents in the future. DISASTER OR SUCCES. Agenda. IP in Denmark and the DKPTO Global Challenge – increasing filings Does output diminish as a function of scale? Vision for Europe
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Patents in the future 17 November 2006 Deputy Director General Keld Nymann Jensen
Patents in the future DISASTER ORSUCCES
Agenda • IP in Denmark and the DKPTO • Global Challenge– increasing filings • Does output diminish as a function of scale? • Vision for Europe • What actions have been taken?
The Danish Patent and Trademark Office • Issues Patents • Registers • Trademarks • Utility models • Designs • Business Services • Legal/Political advice • International negotiations Established in 1894 ISO9001 certified 270 employees
Danish thinking • IPR active companies more profitable(causality not established) • Only 50% of companies in innovative industriesare IPR-active(Have IPR and applied for it within the last 3 years) • Role twofold: • Convert non-active to active IP-users • To get more companies to integrate IP in their strategic planning
IP Business Visionary IP driven IP driven IP offensive IP cost optimizing IP Defensive IP Ad Hoc Level Getting more companies to use IPR strategically
Strategic IPaudit- a new innovative product Purpose is to strengthening the creation, protection and use of IPR in SME’s The idea is to develop a tool that SME’s can use to asses and decide how to systematically use IP for business development Conducted in collaboration with the IP profession Combine IPaudit with the Business Excellence model The project is supported by EU
The Strategic IPaudit project Training of auditors (from the IP profession and DKPTO) Interview with key personnel in 120 SME’s to establish how the company works with IP within IP creation IP protection IP competences IP exploitation and IP strategies Reporting and follow-up Dissemination of tools and continued training of IP professionals
The Strategic IPaudit report (I) Graphical overview of scores in five IP areas:
Example of The Strategic IPaudit report (II) Graphical comparison of a company to industry profiles etc.
”The Law of Diminishing return to Scale” The hypothesis is that at a certain size an organisation will increasingly use it‘s resources to administration purposes rather than production Hence, adding a new production unit will produce a falling marginal product ‘For the sake of good order’ the “law” has nothing to do with individual or groups of persons (i.e. examiners) productivity but is concerned with overall capacity of an organisation
Diminishing return to scale in the patent processing business
The IP-system Drivers Users Filings Organisationalcapacity Grants • f (x) • Competition on knowledge • New users in “new” countries • f (x) • Diminishing Return to Scale • Complexity of files • System innovation • f (x) • Public perception • Regulations
WIPO TRIPS
Vision • EPO as back office concentrating on core business • patent granting; • infrastructure, etc. • NPO as Front Office: • entry point for users; • first office action (search and preliminary examination); • promoting strategic use of IP; • education; • awareness, etc.
European Patent Network 3 working groups established • User Support • Utilisation Pilot Project - UPP • European Quality System - EQS
International Actions • Trilateral meetings • Bilateral ”mutual recognising” agreements • B+ Group • SPLT