IP PANORAMA Jeju, Dec National Program of Assistance in Development of Enterprises' IP Assets in Vietnam Nguyen Thi Thanh HA Pham Thai SON National Office of Intellectual Property Agency for SME Development

Starting point  Gov' awareness of IP important role in enterprises' competitiveness  Prime Minister’s Decision N 0 68/2005/QĐ-TTg of April 4, 2005 National Program of Assistance in Development of Enterprises' IP Assets

 Objectives Improving SM E competitiveness  domestic and foreign markets  strategic and potential export products Promoting use of IP syst.  enhance awareness of IP  encouraging initiative in using IP system  supporting the use of IP system Overview of Program

 Activities of the Program propagation of and training in IP support in organization of IP activities within SM E support in establishment, protection and dvpt of SM E 's IP assets at home and abroad support in SM E 's exploitation of IP inf. Overview of Program

 Time frame  Phase 1 ( ) : model projects  Phase 2 ( ): Propagate and multiply completed model projects. Overview of Program

 Budges Gov' budges  Central  Local Financial aids  Vietnamese  Foreigners Overview of Program

Implementation of Program  Program Projects Requirements  Corresponding to the Program contents  To meet the set objectives Selection and contract  put out to contract  selected of the candidate projects  Contractor Entrusted by Projects manager  Subcontractor

Implementation of Program  Project Managers Central level: NOIP Provincial level: Department of Science and Technology

Implementation of Program  Program Participants Sectors  VN SM E, associations, alliances,  Ministries, Government organizations (eg.Agencies for SME Dvpt.) Roles  project contractors  project beneficiaries

Program projects  Projects put out to contract Propagation, training on IP  Dissemination of IP knowledge, IP-related technology archievements  Dissemination of IP knowledge in localities  Training and education on IP

Program projects  Projects put out to contract Supporting establishment, exploitation, protection and development of IP assets  Establishment of GI  Management and development of GI  establishment and dvpt of collective marks trade villages general corporations professional associations

Program projects  Projects put out to contract (2) Supporting establishment, exploitation, protection and development of IP assets  GIs  Collective marks: trade villages, general corporations professional associations  Certification marks: potential exports  Inventions  Computer softwares

Program projects  Projects selected for projects of dissemination of IP; 4 projects of supporting establishment, exploitation, protection and development of IP assets  model IP activities in SM E  Marks for SM E  GI

Training and education on IP  Project put out to contract: Construction of different courses: full range of contents: basic, specialized… meeting different needs - groups of objects Target:  programs (syllabus, means of providing service, teaching materials…)  experiment provision of programs for some peoples

Training and education on IP  Status: Selected no projects Reason: candidates fail to ensure objectives Difficulties - common in IP training:  shortage of human resource  lack of methodology & practical experience of how to identify groups with different needs & corresponding contents, measures, modals of training  lack of academic scholars, so teaching materials

Training and education on IP  Status: (2) no program of IP education and training designed specifically for SM E programs focus only on legal assets, not economical or other aspects needed by SM E

Training and education on IP  Hope of IP PANORAMA model for countries to built up and run a similar program provide training service for SM E  Questions of exploitation IP PANORAMA how to get access to the service (human, technical, financial resources needed) ? how to mobilize capable and responsible org. (such as NOIP and ASMED) to exploit it fully ?

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