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Mr. Kiyoshi Tsuru
“The latest development of licensing and government’s support measures
in Mexico”
Jalisco programsPrograms for Strengthening IP-orientedinventions.
Programs designed by the StateGovernment through the Secretariat ofInnovation Science and Technology andgranted by COECYTJAL.
- PROPIN: Jalisco's Program for thePromotion of Intellectual Property(oriented to inventions)
Directed mainly to SMEs, entrepreneursand independent inventors.
What does it cover?Fees:
Patent, Utility Model, Industrial Designs, PCT
Requests, PPH and Deposit of Biological
Material.
Who?Residents from Jalisco.
Jalisco programs- Intellectual CapitalAimed at established technology-basedcompanies, which in addition toprotection costs includes the possibilityof incentives to inventors.
-Strengthening Inventions to SuperiorEducation and CI.Directed to Institutions of HigherEducation, which in addition toprotection costs, includes incentives toinventors.
Technological Innovation Fund
Regional Fund created between theMinistry of Economy and the NationalCouncil of Science Technology(CONACYT) that seeks to promoteprojects oriented to the application ofknowledge for the improvement and /or development of new products,processes, services or materials with acontent significant innovation.
Technological Innovation Fund
Type of Solicitant Support %
Amount of support
• Person performing commercial activities
• Any type of business entity
70% Up to $250,000
USD
Startups
•Projects with a high degree oftechnological disruptive innovation.
•Developments must have a targetmarket development that can validateits competence
Technological Innovation Fund
Type of Solicitant Support %Amount of
Support
Person performing commercial activities. 60%
Up to.$250,000
USD
Microenterprise (1- 10) 60%Small enterprise (11-50) 50%Medium enterprise (51-250) 40%Any category, with association or entitlement with large companies or consortiums, or corporate groups. 30%
Entreprises constitued for at least 2 years
Created in 2015, Public Challenges is a strategy of the National
Digital Strategy Coordination that invites entrepreneurs and
innovators in the country to propose and develop solutions for
problems of the Federal Government.
Promote a sustainable
ecosystem of entrepreneurs
Create mechanisms to support SMEs
Digital solutions to
social issues.
Support Program for PatentingIMPI-FUMEC-NAFIN
General purpose:
Increase the number of patent applications and / or utility models throughprojects presented by companies, independent inventors and research centers,with a defined marketing strategy that promotes an industrial property culturein Mexico.
Particular objectives:
Industrial property registers of high scientific-technological, commercial andsocial value in Mexico.Position Mexico as an innovative country by international standards.Add value to the knowledge of inventors and entrepreneurs in Mexico.
Patents:•Novelty•Industrial Application•Inventive Activity•A defined marketing strategy that allowsincreasing the culture of industrial property inMexico.
Utility Models:•Novelty•Industrial Application•A defined marketing strategy that allows theincrease of the industrial property culture
Projects susceptible to patent
registrations or utility models that
already have a defined marketing
strategy
Support Program for PatentingIMPI-FUMEC-NAFIN
Services granted by IMPI:
- Technology Information ServicesOnline
Online SIT Service is a managementsystem for technological informationservices, which is an agile and assistedtool that allows filling out the followingapplications for presentation online orat the reception desk:• Technological information search
requests.• Requests for technologicalsurveillance, technological alert andcomplementary technological alert.
- Accelerated Patent Procedure Program(PPH)
The system to submit an applicationthrough the Accelerated Patent Procedure(PPH) establishes a process for the reviewof a document that has been presented inanother country.
Support Program for PatentingIMPI-FUMEC-NAFIN
Challenges
Investors require patents to access
venture capital
No venture capital will start
operating without IP rights
granted
“Valley of death”Lack of funding
Entrepreneur Support Network Platform.
2017
Entrepreneur Support Network Platform• 999 consultancies
National Entrepreneur Week• 1,126 consultancies on issues of:
trademark, Madrid protocol, inventions and information technology services
2018
Entrepreneur Support Network Platform• 611 consultancies (as of May)
Academic space that promotes thesharing of knowledge and experiencesthrough the entailment betweentechnological college students, researchcenters, private and public sector.
YEAR Assistants
2014 1,887
2015 1,291
2016 3,988
2017 7,944
2018* 1,401
*As of May 2018.
Building protected innovators program.
The goal of this program is toprovide students with an overviewof the basic elements andconcepts of the Industrial PropertySystem in the Mexico
YEAR Editions Assistants
2015 24 948
2016 122 4,983
2017 82 3,424
2018* 24 874
*As of May 2018.
Efforts promoted by government
National Video Game Contest for developers
Between private and government efforts,this initiative seeks the formalization of thevideo game industry.
•Locate the developers.•Funding and showcase opportunities.•Promoting IP protection and safeguard.•Create clusters and incubators to promotethe industry.•Support the industry through private andpublic initiatives.•Promote the legal use of software.•Formalization of the Mexican Video GameAssociation.
Principal Issues:
o Lack of venture capital.o Rule of law. o Contract enforcement.o Limited access to
financing.o Funding without
purpose.
Government Support
Publication kills novelty
Incorrectly conceded patents
No true assessment by third parties.
Lack of content in publications
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