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194 BENCHMARKING NATIONAL AND REGIONAL SUPPORT SERVICES FOR SMES IN THE FIELD OF INTELLECTUAL AND INDUSTRIAL <strong>PRO</strong>PERTY 8.3 Elements of good practice The service exhibits the following strengths (i.e. elements of good practice) � Availability of ample expert staff; � Organisational mode: separate legal entity from the patent office acting as service delivering unit; this entails the following advantages · flat hierarchies and less bureaucracy allow for better customerorientation; · patent office can concentrate on core competence of patent filings; � Fast execution of services and timely delivery (i.e. express search); � Involvement of external institutions when setting up road shows, which allows for high user take up. The following challenges remain: � Improvable cooperation with technology/development agencies; � Introduction of evaluations as a tool to assert performance and to allow for organisational learning; � Stronger user segmentation in awareness raising campaigns; � Broader coverage (i.e. higher coverage also of informal protection mechanisms).
9. Intellectual Property Assistance Scheme (IPAS) Country: Ireland Original title: Intellectual Property Assistance Scheme (IPAS) Target group: SMEs Coverage: <strong>National</strong> (Pro-active) awareness raising measures/Public Relations Information Provision Services Category*: Training Customized in-depth consulting and advisory services/ X points X Finance & Legal Framework *classification system defined by the Austrian Institute for SME Research 9.1 The Intellectual Property Assistance Scheme in a nutshell The IPAS Scheme is a service where Irish SMEs can get financial support for their patenting projects. It was chosen as an example of a support service operated by a national funding agency in the scope of the underlying benchmarking study for its unique character in Ireland, its high selectivity, its expert staff running the service and its effective collaborative links with patent attorneys. Limited resources and a tendency towards marginalisation within the funding portfolio of the servicerunning development agency (also expressed in terms of marketing activities) as well as a rather low user take up (which is in turn also due to the high selectivity) can, however, be seen as future challenges. The IPAS scheme is provided by Enterprise Ireland (EI), the national agency for the development of indigenous enterprises in the manufacturing and internationally traded services sector. It is a rather old scheme (dating back to the 1970s). Although the scheme itself has changed over time, the objective remains to assist SMEs to protect their intellectual property arising from R&D activities by providing advice and financial support. Directly responsible for the IPAS scheme within Enterprise Ireland is the Intellectual Property Unit (IPU). The IPU staff assesses applications for funding under the IPAS scheme and undertakes the role of an “honest broker” by providing advice to enterprises on information that they may have received from their patent attorney. In addition, the IPU operates a similar scheme for the higher education sector, named Higher Education Sector Patent Protection Scheme, which accounts for three-quarters of the Unit’s annual budget. The IPAS scheme is focussed on patents; funding is only provided for patent protection – IPAS does not provide any financial support for other IPR related services, i.e. initial patent searches or filings. However, funding towards the cost of these activities may be available from Enterprise Ireland. The IPAS scheme thus focuses on the process of development/registration of IPR only and does not cover other phases (prior search, acquisition, utilisation of IPR) of IPR usage and development. The service is offered on a national level. The patent-centricity can be seen as a disadvantage, as there are no other schemes available in Ireland for SMEs to tackle the issue of IP management by utilising the full range of IP protection instruments. According to EI, the IPAS scheme is a relatively small financial support scheme within the context of the support provided by Enterprise Ireland to indigenous SMEs and no target figures have been set – though this may change in the future. 195 ANNEX I – CASE STUDIES
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PRO INNO Europe The innovation poli
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Contents Executive Summary 9 1 Intr
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4. Case Study: Innovation by patent
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3 SMEs in the IPR world 3.1 SMEs an
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ISBN 978-92-79-06926-0 NB-AX-07-004
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