Patents and Transfer of Technology

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Patents and Transfer of Technology

• Danish initiatives
• - in the context of Global Challenge

Genève 6th of November 2007, by Senior Advisor Betina Sand
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Agenda

• The Danish Patent and Trademark Office
• Patent and transfer of technology in the context
  of Global Challenge
• Danish initiatives on patents and transfer of
  technology
• Future work IP Awareness

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The Danish Patent and Trademark Office
Issues Patents Registers Trademarks Utility Models Designs
Legal/political advice Business Services International negotiations
Established in 1894 ISO9001 certified 270 employees
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Mission

• The Danish Patent and Trademark Office is the
  centre for strategic information and protection
  of technology and business identifiers

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Global Challenge
Danish Goals Strong Competitiveness Strong Cohesion
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Danish Council of Globalisation

• Members
• Labor /Business Unions
• Danish Corporations
• Educational/Research institutions
• Director General of Central bank
• Prime Minister
• Other Ministers

Task Give advice to the Government as to a
strategy on DK in the Global Economy
Council was seated in April 2005 The
Globalisation Strategy was launched in April
2006

• Outcome
• 350 specific initiatives

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Global Challenge
World-class Education
Danish Goals Strong Competitiveness Strong Cohesion
Leading Society of Entrepreneurship
Leading Society of Knowledge
Leading Society of Innovation
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Global Challenge
World-class Education
Danish Goals Strong Competitiveness Strong Cohesion
Leading Society of Entrepreneurship
Leading Society of Knowledge
Goals on Research, Development and Innovation of
Danish Enterprises
Leading Society of Innovation
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Research, Development and Innovation

• Danish Goals
• Danish enterprises among the most innovative in
  the World
• DK among countries with the highest rate of
  research and development
• DK among countries which are best at
  transforming research and knowledge created by
  educational/ research institutions into new
  technologies, processes, goods and services (i.e.
  transfer of technology)

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Research, Development and Innovation
Share of innovative enterprises DK in the
middle of EU-15

• Danish Goals
• Enterprises among the most innovative in the
  World
• DK among countries with the highest rate of
  research and development
• DK among countries which are best at
  transforming research and knowledge created by
  educational/ research institutions into new
  technologies, processes, goods and services

DK No. 8 of OECD - 1,7 of GDP in RD (2005)
Patent applications (national) per capita - DK
No. 4 of EU-15 (2005)
7 of SMEs in RD co-operation with
universities 29 of the large enterprises
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Initiatives on Patens and Transfers of Technology
Goals on Research, Development and Innovation
of Danish Enterprises
Patents Transfer of Technology
Co-operation Enterprises and universities
IP Market Place
Introductory course on IPR to entrepreneurs
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Co-operation Enterprises and Universities -
transfer of knowledge from universities to
enterprises

• Prioritization of projects by gathering of funds
  into one common fund
• Nomination of Matchmakers
• Discount to SMEs bying technical services for
  the first time
• Doubling of the contribution of SMEs

Aim Speed up the transfer of research results from universities to enterprises Increase of quality and relevance of public RD
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IP Market Place www.ip-marketplace.org-
transfer of knowledge from enterprise to
enterprise

• Internet based market place
• Launched in September 2007
• Danish Tech Trans Office (The national network
  for technology transfer) supports the initiative
• Future expansion Include other IPR than patents

Aim To make it easier for sellers and buyers of patent-protected knowlegde to find each other Systematic supply of information on new patents
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Introductory course on IPR to entrepreneurs

• By Regional Entrepreneur Houses
• Introductory course includes
• Immediate estimation of how new an idea is and
  the chances of IPR
• Guidance on how to apply for IPR
• Includes introduction to IP Market Place

Aim To give accessible and qualified consultancy to entrepreneurs To ease the proces of tranforming ideas into assets
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Initiatives in progress
Goals on Research, Development and Innovation
of Danish Enterprises
Patents Transfer of Technology
Co-operation Enterprises and universities
IP Market Place
Introductory course on IPR to entrepreneurs
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Initiatives to come?
Goals on Research, Development and Innovation
of Danish Enterprises
Patents Transfer of Technology
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IP Awareness of Danish enterprises

• Aims
• Convert non-active to active IP-users
• To get more enterprises to integrate IP in their
  strategic planning

• Means
• Analysis
• IP and economic performance
• Structure of incentives
• Documentation
• IP-politic of enterprises
• IP Audit
• Danish IP strategy?

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IP Awareness Knowledge
Approx. 30 of innovative enterprises are IPR-active
IPR-active enterprises represent 35 of the Danish value added while only representing 3 of the total of enterprises
IPR-active enterprises tend to be more profitable
60 of IPR-active enterprises are exporters
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IP Awareness IP Audit

• Interviews resulting in an IP Audit report
• In 120 SMEs
• By DKPTO specialists and private IP advisers
• Report incl. plan of action
• IP Audit is free
• Supported by EU, 2006/07
• Future IP Audit

Aim To strengthen the creation, protection and use of IPR in SMEs
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Thank you for your attention!

• Betina Sand
• bsa_at_dkpto.dk