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Role of IPR in Innovation

Role of IPR in Innovation. Deepak Maheshwari Director – Corporate Affairs Microsoft India. Discussion Outline. Roles of Government Industry Landscape: Era of Open Innovation Roles of Government Hot Issues Policy Issues – Enabling Choice Best Practice Examples.

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Role of IPR in Innovation

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  1. Role of IPR in Innovation Deepak Maheshwari Director – Corporate Affairs Microsoft India

  2. Discussion Outline • Roles of Government • Industry Landscape: Era of Open Innovation • Roles of Government • Hot Issues • Policy Issues – Enabling Choice • Best Practice Examples

  3. Two Distinct Roles of Government • Government as Policy Maker: • Encourage and enable innovation and competition • Protect citizens & promote public welfare • Develop local industry • Maximize local economic benefits • Address Market Failures • Global citizen – respect for trade regs; key public welfare initiatives (child protection, digital inclusion) • Government as Customer • Maximize its buying power; do more with less • Provide effective and efficient services • Avoid vendor lock-in • Backward compatibility, future expandability • Security, reliability, interoperability • Innovation, competition, CHOICE

  4. Open Innovation: A Shift In Innovation Paradigms From Closed To Open(from Henry Chesbrough’s “Open Innovation: The New Imperative for Creating and Profiting From Technology”) No single company has the answers. Companies are working together to meet the needs of customers. Closed Innovation

  5. IP Drives Innovation and Growth U.S. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY is valued at $5.5 trillion, equal to 47% of its GDP and greater than the GDP of any other nation Source: Ocean Tomo

  6. Industry Evolution of IP

  7. Customers Want Choice Choice = Innovation & Competition Solutions That Focus on Customer & Market Needs

  8. Hot Issues • Companies increasingly using government intervention as a way to compete • procurement preferences for Open Source Software • Technology mandates • Standards as the only way to accomplish interop • Exclusively selecting one standard • Dilution of IP in the name of interoperability

  9. Analytical Framework • Understand the technical landscape and market place • State of the art • Dynamic nature of hi-tech • Business models • Not an “either, or” but rather an “and” • Focus on core competencies • Identify key policy objectives • Innovation, competition, choice • Consumer protection • Addressing market failure • Respect rule of law

  10. Enabling Choice & Open Innovation

  11. Technology Neutral ICT Policy Indian Perspective • Unified Access Service License • GSM • CDMA as an additional choice • Technology Neutral since 2003 • No specific mandate for any standard for VoIP (earlier H.323 & SIP were the only choices, albeit duality) • Proposed change from ‘Digital Signature’ to ‘Electronic Signature’ in IT Act amendments

  12. UN: World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) US Federal: Office of Management and Budget US States: Mass., CA, NY EU Directive on Public Procurement Law (Article 23) Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation: Technology Choice Principles South Africa, Malaysia, Slovenia, Canada, New Zealand, Peru, UK International Chamber of Commerce Business Software Alliance (BSA) Global Examples of Best Practices

  13. “Innovation is the specific tool of entrepreneurs” - Peter Drucker • Thank You! • dmahesh@microsoft.com

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