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New and i mproved a ctivit i es of supporting SMEs – efficient technology transfer. Joanna Nyga Magdalena Maciejska-Szlaps Patent Office of the Republic of Poland. Rome , October 2010. Factors of Production for an Innovati on Economy. Source: http://www.ingenesist.com.
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New and improvedactivitiesof supporting SMEs – efficient technology transfer Joanna Nyga Magdalena Maciejska-Szlaps Patent Office of the Republic of Poland Rome, October 2010
Factors of Production for an InnovationEconomy Source: http://www.ingenesist.com
Whatisthe most important? Efficient technology transfer
IP Education • Nearly2 million students at 445 universities and higher schools (130 public) • past • Subject„Intellectual property” optionally introduced to curriculum – individual decision of particular university • present • Since academicyear 2008/2009 (according to theRegulation by theMinistry of Science and HigherEducation) universitiesobligatoryintroduce a subjectdevoted to intellectual property protectionintothe curricula of first degreestudies. • Number of IP lecturehours: • First degreestudies (BA) – 1 year - 4 hourintroductorytraining • 3 year - 15 hours (1 semester) • Seconddegreestudies (MA) – 15 hours (1 semestrer) tailored for specificfaculties • PhDstudies – 10 hours
IP Education • Under thepatronage • of the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland • 2008 • Consortium of fouruniversitieshasbeenestablished • Goal: creation of postgraduatestudiesto trainlecturers of thesubject „Intellectual property protection” • 2009-2010 • Preparation of: • - program of postgraduatestudies (220 hours of training) • training materials • October 2010 • Start of thepostgraduatestudies for IP protectionlecturers
Awareness of R&D staff 1. Patent Office 1 2 Protection of own research outcome – source of competitive advantage and additional founds (royalties) 2.
Awareness of R&D staff Eachgrant application concerning R&D project should obligatory haveaworld state of art searchreport attached • Increased: • quality of patents • number of applications Avoidance ofduplication of results
Whatare we doingnow… • Popularization of IP knowledge • Conferences and seminars for IP professionals, R&D specialist and SME’s • Specialdedicatedtrainings – made by experts and for experts • PPO’spublications
Whatare we doingnow… • Cooperationwith: • PolishChamber of Commerce • Polish Agency for Enterprise Development • Polish Federation of Engineering Associations • Ministryof Economy and Ministry of Science and HigherEducation • Best PolishUniversities, Politechnics and R&DInstitutes
Ourgoalsand plansfor future… Popularization of IP knowledge - conferences, seminars, workshops - PPO’spublications - creation of knowledge portal - as a part of PPO’snewwebsite - IP Panorama implementation Specialtrainingsdedicated to SME’s Exchanging good practices and experiences withIP professionals, R&D specialist and SME’s Improvement of data bases access