Inter-regional Workshop on Technology Transfer Issues Technology Transfer Issues in Turkey Mehmet Nurşad SÖZER Patent Examiner, Turkish Patent Institute April 2012, Tbilisi, Georgia

 Government Action Plan Draft  Government Industrial Strategy Paper  IP Coordination Board  The Turkish Design Advisory Council  Supreme Council for Science and Technology National Policy

 Patent  over 13,000 applications  26% increase in domestic applications  Industrial Design  over 36,000 applications (third in Europe)  Trademark  around 120,000 applications (first in Europe)  41% increase Industrial Property Statistics

 Reform of IPRs Legislation  Patent Promotion Agency  Decrees adopted by Supreme Council for Science and Technology (BTYK)  Action Plans of Coordination Council for the Improvement of the Investment Environment (YOIKK) TT Related Activities in Turkey

 Ownership of IP in Universities  Professor's Privilege regime will change  the right of ownership over inventions made in universities will vest in universities  Incentive - Coordination - Monetary support  In order to contribute to the development of IP sysytem in Turkey, TPI will incite, coordinate and give support to the studies in the field of IP Reform of IPRs Legislation

 IP Valuation  Promotion  Consultation  Training Patent Promotion Agency

 National Innovation System 2023 Targets [2011/101]  Setting up a Coordination Board to Secure Integrity, Coherence and Target Oriented Approach in the R&D, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Support Mechanisms [2011/102]  Developing Policy Tools to Activate and Increase the Number of R&D Intensive Start Ups [2011/103]  Developing Policy Tools to Trigger Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Universities [2011/104]  Promotion Entrepreneurship Culture [2011/105]  Improving Public Procurement and Public Right of Use in such a way to Foster Innovation, Localization and Technology Transfer [2011/106]  Promotion of Science Centers [2011/107]  Developing Policy Tools to Stimulate Domestic Patent Licensing [2011/108] Decrees adopted by BTYK

 Supporting TTOs  Council of Higher Education (YÖK) - Draft Law  Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) - TTO model and supporting mechanism  Supporting incubators  Creating innovative and entrepreneur university index  Redesign of criteria for academic promotion and appointment in order to incite innovation and entrepreneurship Decree No: 2011/104

 Road Map  Preparation of technology inventory in Turkey  Classification of technology transfer/value related information in the patent database (information of the registered license agreements, cited/citing document information, etc.)  Cancellation of the registration fee taken by TPI for license agreements  Cancellation or reduction of the tax on licensing revenues  Creation of incentive mechanisms for registering license agreements in TPI (maintenance/annual fee reduction, etc.) Decree No: 2011/108

 IPRs and R&D Technical Committee  Redesign of the R&D and Technology Management programs in universities  Opening IPR Departments in Law Faculties Action Plans of YOIKK

 International gradute program in IP  TPI - YÖK - WIPO - Bilkent University  IP Academy (Industrial Property Training Center)  TPI - Directorate General of Copyright - WIPO  Disseminating IP Knowledge in Universities Project  TPI - EPO  Action Plans (Creating IP policy in universities)  IP Survey in universities  Tranlation of “Patent Teaching Kit”  IP Awareness Campaign  Patent Vadisi (Patent Valley) IP Awareness Activities

 International Conference on Managing Intellectual Property in Universities ( )  Management of Research Based Intellectual Assets in Business ( )  Management of Research Based Intellectual Assets in Universities ( )  Technology Transfer Value Chain ( )  Creating Awareness of Technology Transfer Offices ( )  Technology Transfer Management in Turkey: University-Industry Workshop ( )  Process of Transforming Ideas into Product ( )  Universities’ Role in the Process of Transforming Ideas into Product Workshop ( )  IP Management: Sectoral Workshop ( ) TT Activities