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IP4Inno is an EU Commission project aiming to train trainers in IP issues for businesses. The project involves training business advisors who will then train other advisors and SMEs. The project is led by the European Patent Office and has a budget of €2 million.
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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 1/2/2020
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) 1/2/2020
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 1/2/2020
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 1/2/2020
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 1/2/2020
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. 1/2/2020
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. 1/2/2020
WP4 (ii) Module Topics 1/2/2020
WP4 (ii) Module Topics 1/2/2020
WP4 (ii) Module Topics 1/2/2020
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? 1/2/2020
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 1/2/2020