1. IP-system supporting SME´s and employment IdeaPilot Finnish Innovation System Fostering Creativity ”How to disseminate awareness among government bodies among government bodies - Finnish approach” 1 The Round Table on Future Innovation Development in Ukraine 10th of November 2005 Mika Waris National Board of Patents and Registration in Finland

2. IP-system supporting SME´s and employment IdeaPilot Finnish Innovation System Fostering Creativity ”How to disseminate awareness among government bodies among government bodies - Finnish approach” Contents: 1)Project in background 2)Paradigm of Finnish approach 3)Example of implementation

3. IP-system supporting SME´s and employment IdeaPilot Finnish Innovation System Fostering Creativity National project in collaboration between WIPO and NBPR of Finland/MTI ”Creativity and SME´s: Using the Intellectual Property System for Fostering Using the Intellectual Property System for Fostering Entrepreneurship and Development of SME´s inFinland” Entrepreneurship and Development of SME´s inFinland” 2004 - 2006 2004 - 2006 PILOT

4. Parties of the project: Ministry of Trade and Industry Ministry of Trade and Industry The Central Chamber of Commerce The Central Chamber of Commerce Technology Industries in Finland Technology Industries in Finland The Federation of Finnish Enterprises The Federation of Finnish Enterprises The Confederation of Finnish Industry The Confederation of Finnish Industry and Employers and Employers National Board of Patents and National Board of Patents and Registration in Finland Registration in Finland National Technology Agency National Technology Agency Jobs and Society Jobs and Society Entrepreneurship policy 2003 Entrepreneurship policy 2003 Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ministry of Labor Ministry of Labor Finnvera plc, state owned financing Finnvera plc, state owned financing company company Foundation for Finnish Innovations Foundation for Finnish Innovations Employment and Economic Employment and Economic Development Centres Development Centres IP-system supporting SME´s and employment IdeaPilot 6 Finnish Innovation System Fostering Creativity

5. IP-system supporting SME´s and employment IdeaPilot Finnish Innovation System Fostering Creativity 4 The Strategy for IdeaPilot  understand SME´s appropriate business processes  locate IP-potential companies and decision makers responsible for those prosesses responsible for those prosesses  INTEGRATE IP-services to business processes  INTEGRATE first-phase guidance to public organizations service processes public organizations service processes

6. Target: To create good practices for bringing IP-system and it´s services to use for SME´s IP-system supporting SME´s and employment IdeaPilot Finnish Innovation System Fostering Creativity PILOT Objectives: 1) To demonstrate the significance and effectiveness of IP-system when promoting new entrepreneurship and developing SME´s. when promoting new entrepreneurship and developing SME´s. 2) Create appropriate support services to the target groups. 3) In this connection the importance of creativity, intellectual property and innovations will be emphasized as a promotor of welfare and prosperity. and innovations will be emphasized as a promotor of welfare and prosperity. 4) The project will also demystify IP and diminish the lack of information and consequently also prejudices concerning IP-system. consequently also prejudices concerning IP-system. 2

7. idea product/service market trade mark entrpreneurship R & D commercialization design right utility model patent technical information trade name copyright competitor information trade secret environment IP-system - means to empower marketing - tool for product development - benefit for networking IP-system supporting SME´s and employment IdeaPilot Finnish Innovation System Fostering Creativity 3

8. The essential part of innovation environment is the IP-system - information sources - intellectual property protection (protect your know-how) (protect your know-how) Innovation- friendly environment Ideas, entrepreneurship Employment Productive business, competitiveness, growth - financing - support services - environment of know-how - network of expertise - information sources - ways of protection IdeaPilot Product Channel IP-system supporting SME´s and employment IdeaPilot Finnish Innovation System Fostering Creativity

9. IP-system supporting SME´s and employment IdeaPilot 7 Source: Statistics Finland, Companies 2003 Amount of personnel %1 000 %million € % 0 – 9212 428 93,0 319 24,4 48 736 17,2 10 – 4913 154 5,8 254 19,4 45 847 16,1 50 – 2492 265 1,0 228 17,4 53 461 18,8 250 – 499316 0,1 111 8,5 27 597 9,7 500 –259 0,1 396 30,3 108 441 38,2 Number of companiesPersonnel in totalTurnover 27 000 companies with more than 5 persons employed Target group Finnish Innovation System Fostering Creativity

10.  Finland survives with know-how and entrepreneurship entrepreneurship  SME´s employ more than 60 % of labour  Innovations constitute a foundation to growth, profitability, employment to growth, profitability, employment IP-system supporting SME´s and employment IdeaPilot Finnish Innovation System Fostering Creativity

11. IP-system supporting SME´s and employment IdeaPilot Finnish Innovation System Fostering Creativity Main Actors National Board of Patents and Registration

12. IP-system supporting SME´s and employment IdeaPilot Finnish Innovation System Fostering Creativity Public and intermediary organizations 22.2 R&D networks 4 + 11 Universities, 21 vocational high-schools, 31 SME´s Regional development companies appr. 160 Jobs and Society 33 outlets Centres of Expertise covers 3 000 companies Regional financiers appr. 100 Consultants, experts appr. 100 Start-up´s Regional BSP:s 50 outlets EED-Centres 15 outlets Tekes (National Technology Agency) 15 outlets Foundation for Finnish Inventions, 27+9 innovation managers Technology Industries in Finland, 3 500 The Federation of Finnish Enterprises, 88 000 The Federation of Finnish Enterprises, 88 000 The Confederation of Finnish Industries, 15 000 The Confederation of Finnish Industries, 15 000 Operational environment

13. IP-system supporting SME´s and employment IdeaPilot 8 Finnish Innovation System Fostering Creativity Added value to public service organizations: Leading the project to right direction Clarifying the competitive environment Clarifying the projects technical position Protecting the technique, design, brand, other know-how Backing up technology transfer, networking Based on services of IP-system the risk of public financing is diminished and the quality of financed projects is increased by

14. In Finland it means 1,5 – 2,5 billion euros/year The allocation of the investement can be significantly improved by the use of patent information IP-system supporting SME´s and employment IdeaPilot Finnish Innovation System Fostering Creativity 30 - 50 % of R & D is redundant 30 - 50 % of R & D is redundant 19 The public sector is able to participate in financing only about 40 % of suggested projects

15. Background studies: Networking with the associations for SME´s IP-system supporting SME´s and employment IdeaPilot 15 Finnish Innovation System Fostering Creativity The Confederation of Finnish Industries 15 000 member companies, large and medium-sized The Technology Industries in Finland 3 500 member companies, medium and small The Federation for Finnish Enterprises 88 000 member companies, mainly small

16. Immateriaalijärjestelmä yrittäjyyden ja pk-yritysten kehityksen edistämisessä IdeaLuotsi A Route to Success PILOT Certainty by information! Competitive advantage by protection! IdeaPilot leads to success!

17. Immateriaalijärjestelmä yrittäjyyden ja pk-yritysten kehityksen edistämisessä IdeaLuotsi