Mika Waris

Towards Better Practices in Innovation ProcessTowards Better Practices in Innovation Process

- Finnish IPR-strategy- Finnish IPR-strategy

Mika WarisMika Waris

WIPO Forum on IP and SMEs for WIPO Forum on IP and SMEs for IP Offices and other relevant Institutions in OECDIP Offices and other relevant Institutions in OECD14.-15.9.200914.-15.9.2009

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1.1. Explain background of InnoInfo-projectExplain background of InnoInfo-project

2.2. Illustrate some conclusionsIllustrate some conclusions

3.3. Finnish National IPR-strategyFinnish National IPR-strategy

PresentationPresentation

Mika Waris The essential part of innovation environmentThe essential part of innovation environmentis the IP-systemis the IP-system

Innovation-friendly

environment

Ideas, entrepreneurship

Employment

Productive business, competitiveness,

growth

- financing- support services - environment of know-how- network of expertise

- IP-system- information sources- ways of protection

IdeaPilot

EnterpriseFinland

EnterpriseEuropeNetwork

INTEGRATIONInnovation environment

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idea

product/servicemarket

trade mark

entrpreneurship

R & D

commercializationdesign right

patent

utility modelt

technical information

trade name

copyrightcompetitor information

trade secret

environment

IP-systemIP-system

• means to empower marketing

• tool for product development

• necessity for networking

• means to control business

informal protection

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Lähde:

Innovation processInnovation process

NPD = New Product DevelopmentNPD = New Product Development

TSG = Technology Stage GateTSG = Technology Stage Gate

ConceptConceptplanningplanning ProductionProduction

DetailedDetailedplanningplanning

MarketingMarketing

AfterAftersalessales

Fuzzy-front-endFuzzy-front-end

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Development commits the costsDevelopment commits the costs

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Applied and granted patents - 92 - 01domestic companies in Finland

0 %

10 %

20 %

30 %

40 %

50 %

60 %

70 %

80 %

90 %

100 %

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

MyönnettyGranted

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Objectives

● The literature study of the theoretical and empirical background of innovation activities and innovation policy.

● The exploration of reasons, content, characteristics and extent of doubling R&D and patenting efforts

(e.g. strategic protection of knowledge, lack of information of parallel projects, bias of overlapping R&D in certain technological, industrial or scientific fields, etc.)

● Empirical investigation of patent decisions by NBPR

● The identifying of the main reasons for “unhealthy” overlapping R&D efforts and the exploration of opportunities to reduce “unhealthy” overlapping patenting and innovation in national innovation environment.

INNOINFO research project

Participants

● Tekes, NBPR, VTT INF, VTT Innovation Studies

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11 77511 775

23 %23 % withdrawnwithdrawn

33,2 %33,2 % lack of lack of noveltynovelty

89,6 %89,6 % existingexistingstate-of-artstate-of-art

10,4 %10,4 % no state-of-artno state-of-art

ApplicationsApplications11 77511 775

Granted patentsGranted patents5 1445 144(43,7 %)(43,7 %)

Domestic patent applications 2000 - 2005Domestic patent applications 2000 - 2005

4 609 4 609 kplkpl

537 537 kplkpl

IP LandscapeIP Landscape

33,2 % 33,2 % ofof R & DR & D is redundantis redundant

In Finland

it means 2 billion euros/year

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Conclusions

By developing relevant information services and service providers

Remarkable improvement effects are expected to company, branch and macro level performance of industries

In particular, the improvement of competitiveness of SMEs is expected

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Finnish National IPR-strategyFinnish National IPR-strategy

These conclusions led

to remarkable contributions

in

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Finnish National IPR-strategyFinnish National IPR-strategy

Target areas for measuresTarget areas for measures

• SkillsSkills- IPR-training in universities and polytechnics- IPR-training in universities and polytechnics- Business strategy – new business literacy- Business strategy – new business literacy- International contractual competency in IPRs- International contractual competency in IPRs- Exploitation of patent information- Exploitation of patent information

• The efficiency and clarity of the rightsThe efficiency and clarity of the rights- The legislation concerning IPRs- The legislation concerning IPRs- Patent quality- Patent quality- The high standar and speed of court proceedings- The high standar and speed of court proceedings

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Target areas for measures …Target areas for measures …

• Competition policy and functionality of markets Competition policy and functionality of markets based on IPRsbased on IPRs

- Use of IPRs as company assets- Use of IPRs as company assets- Valuation of IPRs- Valuation of IPRs- The usability of patent information- The usability of patent information

• Functional and economic efficiency of IP-systemFunctional and economic efficiency of IP-system- Public financing and counselling actors to promote - Public financing and counselling actors to promote the IPR competence and use of patent informationthe IPR competence and use of patent information- Especially among start-ups- Especially among start-ups- Covering also copyrights and informal protection- Covering also copyrights and informal protection

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Main messageMain message

New business paradigm!New business paradigm!

New Business Literacy!New Business Literacy!

Mika WarisOpen innovation vs. closed innovation

Source:Source:

IP LandscapeIP Landscape

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Closed innovation vs. open innovation paradigm:Closed innovation vs. open innovation paradigm:

1)1) R&D in Finland R&D in Finland 0,7 %0,7 %

2)2) R&D in the ROW R&D in the ROW 99,3 %99,3 %

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Source:Source:

IP LandscapeIP Landscape

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FEED-BACKDEVELOPMENT

Conclusion: Integration of IP in business

= New Business Literacy

IDEATechnical development

Commercialization, marketing

Screening

State-of-art Searchfor

technical solution

Technologysurveys

Competitorsurvey

Freedomto

operate

Partnerssearch

Patent,design,

trade mark

LicencingNoveltysearch

Oppositionsearch

Control strategy

Trade secrets Copyrights

Informal protection

MARKETMOB-

decisionsCompetitorfollow-up

IMPLEMENTATION

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Thank you!Thank you!