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IP Capacity-Building Activities by the National
Chamber of Commerce and Services of Uruguay Lic.
Javier Peña Capobianco
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NATIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND SERVICES OF
URUGUAY

• Mission since 1867
• To seek for the general interest of commerce and
  the entire private sector in the national economy
  and to offer a meeting point to deal with all
  sorts of licit activities.

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FUNDAMENTALS
Development
Competitiveness
Added Value
Innovation
Intellectual Property
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IPR, TRADE AND FDI

• IPR are associated with FDI and trade.
• There is a positive relationship between IPR,
  trade and FDI.
• Source of information The impact of trade
  related-intellectual property rights on trade and
  foreign direct investment in developing
  countries OCDE, 2003.

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LEADING COUNTRIES IN PCT FILINGS 2007

• USA 53.318
• Japan 27.725
• Germany 17.796
• France 6.528
• UK 5.543
• China 5.462
• Source of information WIPO, PCT statistics.

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INTERNATIONAL TRADE OF GOODS2006

• Exports
• Germany 9.4
• USA 8.7
• China 8.1
• Japan 5.4
• France 3.7

• Imports
• USA 15.7
• Germany 7.5
• China 6.5
• UK 4.7
• France 4.3

Source of Information SCiNet Corporation
Science Network The World Trade System
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INNOVATION

• 36 of Uruguayan industrial enterprises declared
  that they had introduced innovations in the
  market
• 6 introduced innovations with an international
  scope
• 43 got innovative results for the local market
• 54 had innovation results for their own company

Source of Information Survey of Industrial
Innovation Activities, carried out by the
National Office of Science, Technology and
Innovation
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INVESTIGATION AND SUCCESS

• The industrial innovating enterprises in Uruguay
  represents only 36 of all and concentrated
• 80 of the sales added value,
• 82 of exports,
• carried out 78 of total gross investment.

Source of Information Survey of Industrial
Innovation Activities, carried out by the
National Office of Science, Technology and
Innovation
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IP IN URUGUAY

• Filings in 2007
• 775 filing of patents, 27 by residents.
• 5295 filings of trade marks, 2223 by residents.

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IP AND CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE
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CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE AND IP

• Competitiveness
• Enhance the market value of firms.
• Add value to products or services.
• Gain revenues.

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CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE AND IP

• 2) The innovation process
• Prevent competitors from copying products or
  services.
• Avoid duplication, obtain valuable technological
  information.
• Stimulate R D I.

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CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE AND IP

• 3) Counterfeiting and piracy
• 4) International trade agreements
• 5) Foreign direct investment

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CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE AND IP
6) New services and new members 7) The role in
policy-making 8) Demonstrate leadership
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CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE AND IP

• Chambers of Commerce, in different regions
  worldwide have started to put into practice
  different kind of services to support companies
  to take advantage of the lP system.
• Specialized services (technical assistant).
• Activities of diffusion (guides, magazines, Web
  sites, seminaries, etc).
• Grants to obtain the first IP right or to have
  technical assistants.

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OUR CHAMBER AND THE IP

• OBJECTIVES
• Principal
• To promote at the entrepreneurial level a
  culture of IP, especially among SME, in order to
  improve their competitiveness and to stimulate
  the innovation.
• Specifics
• To create the Center to Promote IP.
• To train professionals in the subject.
• To sensitize about the importance of the
  subject.
• To introduce specialized services.

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CENTER TO PROMOTE IP
WIPO - ICC - BASCAP
NARI - NOIP - NCCR - NCFCP
LOYERS - ACADEMY
NEOS
Center to Promote Intellectual Property (CPIP)
Services
Awareness
Networking
Training
COMPANIES - INNOVATORS
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OUR CHAMBER AND THE IP

• Training for the Chamber staff
• Industrial Property in the Global Economy.
  WIPO/PRV, Stockholm, 2008.
• Intellectual Property and Companies. WIPO,
  Montevideo, 2008.
• Industrial Property in the Global Economy.
  WIPO/PRV, Tunis, 2008.
• Workshop on Practical Intellectual Propriety
  Issues for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises
  Support Institutions. WIPO, Geneva, 2006.
• Visits to Italia and Finland, 2006 y 2007.

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OUR CHAMBER AND THE IP

• Awareness
• Web site and space in our newsletter.
• Guides IP and companies.
• Seminars and workshops.

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OUR CHAMBER AND THE IP

• Seminars and workshops
• Innovation and Project of Technology . NARI,
  NCCS, 2008.
• Trade Marks and International Trade. IBS, 2008.
• The Impact of Piracy in the Society. IBS, 2008.
• National workshop about TRIPS. WTO, 2007.
• IP and International Trade. IBS, 2007.
• Seminars about Trade Marks. WIPO, DNPI, 2007.
• Regional Forum for the Promotion of IP in the
  SME Agro-alimentary. WIPO, DNPI, 2006.
• How to increase the value of firms? The SME and
  the IP. WIPO, Unioncamere, 2006.
• Services of IP designed for SME. WIPO,
  Unioncamere, 2006.

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OUR CHAMBER AND THE IP

• International networking
• IP Training workshop for chamber of commerce and
  other business support organizations, WIPO, ICC.
  Geneva, 2008.
• Regional Meeting about the challenge of IP for
  the LA Chambers of Commerce, WIPO. Lima, 2008.
• 5th World Chamber Congress, ICC. Istanbul, 2007.
• Task force group to create an IP toolkit. ICC,
  Paris, 2007.

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CENTER TO PROMOTE IP

• Identification and diffusion of technology
  demands.

• Identification of intangibles assets.

COMPANIES - INNOVATORS

• Analysis of patentability.
• Research in data bases.

• Preparation and negotiation of contract of
  technology transfer.

• Identification of sources of financing.

• Commercial evaluation.
• Intangibles valuation.

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OUR CHAMBER AND THE IP

• Next steps
• Specialization Programme for Professionals
  Management of IP Assets.
• Guide about services in IP for Chambers of
  Commerce and pilot project.
• Study to analyze the impact of Piracy.
• Campaign of diffusion.

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LESSONS LEARNT

• To realize about the importance of the subject.
• To act in collaboration with other institutions.
• To involve all the actors.
• To lead by action.

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Thank you!!! Javier Peña Capobianco jpc_at_cncs.co
m.uy www.cncs.com.uy