Industrial P roperty Office of the Czech Republic and International Competitiveness Strategy

1. WWW.UPV.CZ Industrial Property Office of the CzechRepublic and International Competitiveness Strategy 2012 Antonína Čermáka 2a, 160 68 Prague

2. International Competitiveness Strategy of the Czech Republic 2012 – 2020 • Adopted by the Government in June 2011, • Coordinator: Ministry of Industry and Trade • Administrator: The Council for Information Society • Part: Services for innovative entrepreneurship (IPO, etc.) • Inspired by the IPO of Finland and Sweden • Main goals for the Czech IPO: • Facilitation of patent filing abroad • Targeted information on the state of the art and consultancy in the matter of the invention‘s patentability

3. Tasks for the Czech Industrial Property Office • Enhancement of awareness about conditions, benefits and options to acquire IPR protection • Facilitation of patent filing abroad • Assistance with searches and consultation services concerning patentability and IPR protection for enterprises • Industrial Property Audits • Industrial Property and Business Strategies

4. Enhancement of awareness about conditions, benefitsand options to acquire IPR protection • System of regular trainings for SMEs, academia, research organizations and inventors • Campaign for awareness about intellectual property in cooperation with the EPO, the OHIM, etc. • Organized at the Charles University in Prague, Czech Technical University in Prague, at the technical universities in Brno, Liberec, Ostrava etc.

5. Facilitation of patent filing abroad • PCT consultancy • Czech IPO issues a search report in Czech and English within 9 months from the filing date of patent application with request for full examination. • Bilateral agreements „PPH“ like signed with the IPOs of Austria, Croatia, Finland, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Spain • Commitment to elaborate and provide the patent applicant from the country of the other Party upon his request with a search report within 9 months from the date of filing the request. • Once the applicant provides the Party with a search report elaborated by the other Party, it shall be considered as a request for accelerated examination procedure.

6. Assistance with searches and consultation services concerning patentability and IPR protection for enterprises • Search services delivered by the Czech IPO - various kinds of the patent and trademark searches • Services of patent attorneys • Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) – 11 regional partner organizations in the Czech Republic, • Coordinator: Technology Centre of the Academy • of Sciences of the Czech Republic

7. Industrial Property Audits IP – Diagnosis programme • In cooperation with the Czech Bar Association, the Chamber of Patent Attorneys and the Chamber of Commerce • Devoted to SMEs and innovative businesses • Evaluation of intangible assets • Analysis of IP policy • Advices and proposals for further action • Free of charge • Application form:

8. Industrial Property and Business Strategies • Foresight – CzechTrade, Technology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic and Czech IPO • Monitoring the state of the art and forecast of the technological trends originating from patent and patent application publications (Czech IPO) • Future preferencies of customers, data assessment and supply (CzechTrade)

9. Memoranda on Cooperation CzechInvest CzechTrade Technology Agency of the Czech Republic Technology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic • Association of Innovative Entrepreneurship of the Czech Republic • Association of Fair and Exhibition Organisers of the Czech Republic • South Bohemia Agency for Innovative Entrepreneurship Support • Association for Information Technologies and Telecommunications

10. Thank you! Industrial Property Office www.upv.cz Evžen MARTÍNEK International Department Industrial Property Office of the Czech Republic E-mail: emartinek@upv.cz Phone: +420 220 383 244