WIPO SMEs Newsletter February 2015

By the SMEs Section of the SMEs and Entrepreneurship Support Division of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

WIPO SMEs Newsletter is a monthly e-publication providing readers with useful intellectual property (IP) information contained in articles, case studies, forthcoming IP/SMEs relevant events, and published presentations featured on our web site.  We hope you will find it useful and informative.  We encourage you to share the newsletter or items of interest with friends and colleagues. If you have received this newsletter from someone and would like to subscribe yourself, then simply visit our website https://www.wipo.int/sme/en/. Also for past issues and information on the activities of the SMEs Section, please visit https://www.wipo.int/sme.

NEWS

Successful 2014 for WIPO Re:Search

During its third full year of existence, WIPO Re:Search partner BIO Ventures for Global Health (BVGH) brokered 38 new agreements in 2014, more than double the original target for the year. As the year drew to a close, WIPO Re:Search had 82 collaborations in place after the addition of 14 new members, including six institutions located in less-developed regions, where most of the people living with neglected tropical diseases, tuberculosis and malaria are found.

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One year of WIPO GREEN

In late 2013, WIPO GREEN was launched to promote innovation and diffusion of green technologies by connecting technology and service providers with those seeking innovative solutions.
It has been a year marked by rapid development. WIPO GREEN now includes 53 partner organizations drawn from five continents and its database lists over 1,700 green technology products, services and intellectual property (IP) assets available for commercialization or licensing. In November, the UN Office for South South Cooperation awarded WIPO GREEN its Innovation Prize for its pioneering work in facilitating green technology transfer to developing countries.

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RESOURCES ON IP ASSET MANAGEMENT

IP PANORAMA™ Multimedia Toolkit

The IP PANORAMA ™ multimedia toolkit is available in English, French, Spanish, Russian, Arabic, Hungarian, Vietnamese and Thai versions on or through the pages at https://www.wipo.int/sme/en/multimedia/ and http://www.ippanorama.com/.

CD-ROMs of the English, French, Spanish, Russian and Arabic versions are also available on request. Anyone interested in receiving a free copy of the CD-ROM may email publications.mail@wipo.int providing the full postal address, including telephone number, and indicating the purpose for which the CD-ROM would be used.  Please note that requests without complete postal address will not be processed.

CASE STUDY

Commercializing IP: Changing Academic Mindsets in the Philippines

A new mantra – “patent, publish and profit”, which emphasizes the broad use of intellectual property (IP) to leverage the knowledge generated by university researchers to solve society’s problems – is gaining currency.

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Developing Affordable Software for Small Businesses

With the importance of maintaining an interactive, useful, and relevant presence on the Internet, entities such as SMEs need to develop Internet software applications and services that can meet their customers’ needs. Many SMEs, however, might not have the human resources to do this in-house, so they rely on the services of external specialists such as programmers and developers.

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LINKS

SME Competitiveness and Aid for Trade, Connecting Developing Country SMEs to Global Value Chains

To be part of value chains dominated by large global players, small and medium-sized enterprises need a sound business environment, ready access to finance, and institutional support to reach new markets and to defend their interests. This study explores constraints faced by businesses in 23 least developed countries when they seek market opportunities abroad.

SME Innovation, Exporting and Growth: A Review of Existing Evidence

This article summarises and synthesises the evidence on SME innovation, exporting and growth, paying particular attention to internal and external (eco-system) enablers, and for the interplay between innovation and exporting in SME growth.

Study on Pharmaceutical Patents in Chile

This study contributes to the sparse empirical literature on the use of secondary patents, in particular by foreign multinationals. It offers in particular for the first time empirical evidence on the use of secondary patents in Chile. 

Copyright notice: Knitting and Sewing Patterns

This Copyright Notice responds to issues commonly raised by individuals and small businesses relating to knitting and sewing, such as whether or not it is permissible to:  copy the written instructions (a pattern); share or sell those instructions; sell an item they have made from a pattern, whether in a shop or online; or copy from a physical item (such as a dress or jumper).

Copyleft in Latin America: Creative Industries

“Creative industry” SMEs can benefit from further opportunities by using this licensing system, since they tend to operate in an open innovation, crowdfunding, digital dissemination environment.

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Building Bridges: the Contribution of Traditional Knowledge to Ecosystem Management and Practices in Fiji

In recent years the value and relevance of traditional knowledge has been acknowledged as people realised that such knowledge and wisdom have allowed people to live in their specific surroundings throughout history. This realisation has made people appreciate and acknowledge the value of traditional knowledge to ecosystem management. In this paper, the focus is to highlight some of the instances where people today can take advantage of traditional knowledge and incorporate it into science-based contemporary resource use strategies and methods.

Social Marketing for Small Businesses

This guide advises on how to develop a successful social media strategy with a tight budget. Using real business cases and the latest ways to measure the real-time impact of social media campaigns, the guide outlines how to build networks that boost business, rather than lead to disappointment. It emphasizes creating a strategy to support business goals and engaging the right human resources to manage accounts and online communities.

Non-linear Correction in Market Method of Patent Valuation

This paper proposes a novel methodology of non-linear corrections in the market model of patent valuation, when factors such as time to expiration, copying risk, or momentum in patent life cycle are taken into consideration. The proposed approach, based on evidence of the non-linear impact over time of the abovementioned factors on the value of patent, is anchored primarily in marketing science as well as in the theory and practice of accounting. This fine-tuning raises the accuracy and credibility of the market method of patent valuation.

IPAN: Improving IP Awareness and Understanding in the UK

The Intellectual Property Awareness Network (IPAN) is a unique, independent network of organizations and individuals committed to improving awareness and understanding of intellectual property (IP) and its impact on business in the UK. Members include a wide range of commercial, financial, professional and academic organizations, all with a shared enthusiasm for IP and a passionate belief in its critical role in the developing “knowledge” economy.

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PATENTSCOPE

The PATENTSCOPE database provides access to international Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) applications in full text format on the day of publication, as well as to patent documents of participating National and Regional Patent Offices.  The information may be searched by entering keywords, names of applicants, international patent classification and many other search criteria in multiple languages.

Patent Landscape

WIPO reports in areas of particular interest to developing and least developed countries, such as public health, food security, climate change and environment.Patent landscape reports provide a snap-shot of the patent situation of a specific technology, either within a given country or region, or globally.

ARDI – Research for Innovation

The Access to Research for Development and Innovation (ARDI) program provides free access to major scientific and technical journals for local, not-for-profit institutions in least-developed countries; and low-cost access to industrial property offices in developing countries.

ASPI – Specialized Patent Information

The Access to Specialized Patent Information (ASPI) program is a public-private partnership administered by WIPO and made possible through cooperation with leading patent information providers. Through the ASPI program, eligible patent offices and academic and research institutions in developing countries can receive free or low-cost access to sophisticated tools and services for retrieving and analyzing patent data.

TISC - Technology and Innovation Support Centers

TheWIPO Technology and Innovation Support Center (TISC) program provides innovators in developing countries with access to locally based, high quality technology information and related services, helping them to exploit their innovative potential and to create, protect, and manage their intellectual property (IP) rights.

FORTHCOMING EVENTS

WIPO Summer Schools

WIPO, in cooperation with the partners, will hold summer schools in 2015 in New Delhi, Shanghai, Singapore, Mexico City, Geneva, St. Petersburg, Daejeon, Alexandria, and Durban.  Registration is now open for New Delhi and Shanghai, which will take place from March 2 to 13, and May 4 to 15, 2015, respectively. 

The purpose of the WIPO summer schools is to provide deeper knowledge on each domain of IP to senior students and young professionals and to orient them towards the interface between IP and other disciplines. Further information on all WIPO summer schools and online registration can be found at: https://www.wipo.int/academy/en/courses/summer_school/  

East meets West 2015, Forum on Asian Patent Information, April 23 – 24, 2015, Vienna, Austria

"East meets West" is the EPO's annual forum on Asian patent information. The forum serves as a regular platform for patent information users around the world to discuss their Asian patent information needs.

NOTE:

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