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Globaalne majanduskriis kui innovatsiooni katalüsaator jaanuar 27, 2009

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Maailma Intellektuaalomandi Organisatsiooni (WIPO) värske eelmise aasta rahvusvaheliste patenditaotluste statistika “Global Economic Slowdown Impacts 2008 International Patent Filings” kohaselt on üldine rahvusvaheliste (PCT) patenditaotluste esitamise aktiivsuse tõus aeglustunud.

Eelmiste aastate 9,3% suuruse tõusuga võrreldes on see olnud 2008. aastal vaid 2,4%.

WIPO direktori Mr Francis Gurry sõnade kohaselt, on ka minevikus majandusraskuste aegu olnud märgata patenditaotluste esitamise vähenemist, mis näitab, et majanduskriisid olnud tõukeks innovatsioonile, kuna suuremat rõhku pannakse tõhususe tõstmisele, vähemaga rohkema saavutamisele ja paremate ärimudelite arendamisele ja ära tundmisele.

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USA ja Eesti sõlmisid kokkuleppe teaduse- ja tehnoloogiakoostöö arendamiseks Detsember 15, 2008

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Eesti Vabariigi Valitsus ja Ameerika Ühendriikide Valitsus sõlmisid neljapäeval 11. detsembril kell 15.00 Haridus-ja Teadusministeeriumi Tallinna esinduses (Tõnismägi 11) teadus-ja tehnoloogiakoostöö kokkuleppe, sellele kirjutasid alla Eesti Vabariigi haridus-ja teadusminister Tõnis Lukas ning Ameerika Ühendriikide suursaadik Eestis Stanley Davis Phillips.

Kokkuleppe eesmärk on soodustada kahe riigi teadlaste koostööd ning tõsta seeläbi teaduse ja tehnoloogia taset.

Kokkuleppe alusel võib rakendada ühisprogramme ja ühiseid uurimisprojekte; korraldada ühisseminare, -konverentse ja -sümpoosione; vahetada koostöö raames teadustöötajaid ja spetsialiste, teadus- ja tehnoloogiateavet, dokumentatsiooni, seadmeid, materjale, ning teha muud teadus- ja tehnoloogiakoostööd, milles pooled võivad kokku leppida kooskõlas käesoleva kokkuleppega.

Eelistatakse koostööd, mis võib edendada teaduse ja tehnoloogia vallas ühiste eesmärkide saavutamist, toetada avaliku ja erasektori teadus- ja arendusasutuste ning tööstusettevõtete koostööd ning kaasata teaduspõhiseid ettevõtteid erinvates teadusvaldkondades.

info aadressilt http://www.hm.ee/index.php?0510200

IPEstonia Forum Detsember 12, 2008

Posted by Liina Lintrop in Autoriõigus, IP Estonia, IP blogs, Industrial Property, Industrial designs, Info, Innovation, Innovatsioon, Intellectual Property, Intellektuaalomand, Inventions, Inventors, Kasulikud mudelid, Kasulikud viited, Kaubamärgid, Leiutamine, Patendid, Patents, Trademarks, Tööstusdisain, Tööstusomand, Useful links, Utility models, e-Learning, inventing.
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Dear readers of this blog! / Head blogi lugejad!

As we have been having increasing interest in our postings we decided to make the blog more interactive. We have added a questions and answers (q&a) tab where you can find a link to our new forum to discuss business and law in IP field in Estonia or you can post your questions on the q&a site in the blog.

Feel free to debate, as questions and answer others  in IP field in the IPEstonia forum http://ipestonia.ning.com/forum .

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Google: Project 10 to the 100th oktoober 4, 2008

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Project 10100 (pronounced “Project 10 to the 100th”) is a call for ideas to change the world by helping as many people as possible.

1. Send us your idea by October 20th.
Simply fill out the submission form giving us the gist of your idea. You can supplement your proposal with a 30-second video.

2. Voting on ideas begins on January 27th.
We’ll post a selection of one hundred ideas and ask you, the public, to choose twenty semi-finalists. Then an advisory board will select up to five final ideas. Send me a reminder to vote.

3. We’ll help bring these ideas to life.
We’re committing $10 million to implement these projects, and our goal is to help as many people as possible. So remember, money may provide a jumpstart, but the idea is the thing

http://www.project10tothe100.com/why.html

IPR-Helpdesk: European Parliament supports the European year of creativity and innovation 2009 oktoober 2, 2008

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European Parliament supports the European year of creativity and innovation 2009
The European Parliament recently gave its support to a European Commission proposal to designate 2009 as the “European Year of Creativity and Innovation”. Each year the European Union chooses a theme for a campaign to raise public awareness. Previous successful initiatives included the 2007 European Year of Equal Opportunities and 2008 European Year of Intercultural Dialogue.

For 2009, the Commission proposal is to highlight the role of creativity and innovation as key competences in line with its Communication “A broad-based innovation strategy for the EU” and the current focus on competitiveness, knowledge and skills of the Lisbon strategy.

Related Links:
European Parliament press release
European Commission proposal for the European year of creativity and innovation 2009
Related Resolution of the European Parliament

Euroopa parlamendi ja Nõukogu otsus Euroopa loovuse ja innovatsiooni aasta (2009) kohta

Propuesta de decisión del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo relativa al Año europeo de la creatividad y la innovación 2009

Návrh Rozhodnutí Evropského Parlamentu a Rady o Evropském roku tvořivosti a inovace (2009)

Forslag til Europa-Parlamentets og Rådets beslutning om det europæiske år for kreativitet og innovation (2009)

Vorschlag für eine Entscheidung des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates zum Europäischen Jahr der Kreativität und Innovation (2009)

Πρόταση Απόφαση του Ευρωπαϊκου Κοινοβουλίου και του Συμβουλίου σχετικά με το Ευρωπαϊκό Έτος Δημιουργικότητας και Καινοτομίας (2009)

Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the European year of creativity and innovation (2009)

Proposition de décision du Parlement européen et du Conseil concernant l’Année européenne de la créativité et de l’innovation (2009)

Proposta di decisione del Parlamento Europeo e del Consiglio relativa all’Anno europeo della creatività e dell’innovazione (2009)

Priekšlikums Eiropas Parlamenta un Padomes lēmums par Eiropas Radošuma un inovācijas gadu (2009)

Pasiūlymas Europos parlamento ir Tarybos sprendimas dėl Europos kūrybiškumo ir naujovių metų (2009 m.)

Javaslat: az Európai parlament és a Tanács határozata a kreativitás és innováció európai évéről (2009)

Proposta għal deċiżjoni tal-Parlament Ewropew u tal-Kunsill li tikkonċerna s-sena Ewropea tal-kreattività u l-innovazzjoni (2009)

Voorstel voor een beschikking van het Europees Parlement en de Raad betreffende het Europees jaar van de creativiteit en innovatie (2009)

Wniosek decyzja Parlamentu Europejskiego i Rady dotycząca Europejskiego Roku twórczości i innowacji (2009)

Proposta de decisão do Parlamento Europeu e do Conselho relativa ao Ano europeu da criatividade e inovação (2009)

Návrh rozhodnutie Európskeho parlamentu a Rady o Európskom roku tvorivosti a inovácie (2009)

Predlog odločba Evropskega parlamenta in Sveta o evropskem letu ustvarjalnosti in inovacij (2009)

Ehdotus: Euroopan parlamentin ja neuvoston päätös Euroopan luovuuden ja innovoinnin teemavuodesta (2009)

Förslag till Europaparlamentets och rådets beslut om Europeiska året för kreativitet och innovation (2009)

OECD Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard 2007 Veebruar 17, 2008

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Table of contents

• Foreword
• Executive Summary
• Highlights
A. R&D and investment in knowledge
A-1. Investment in knowledge
A-2. Trends in domestic R&D expenditure
A-3. R&D financing and performance
A-4. R&D in non-OECD economies
A-5. Business R&D
A-6. Business R&D by size classes of firms
A-7. Business R&D by industry
A-8. Health-related R&D
A-9. Venture capital
B. Human resources in S&T
B-1. New university graduates
B-2. Foreign and international doctoral students
B-3. S&E doctorates awarded and postdoctorate appointments to foreign citizens in the United States
B-4. Employment of tertiary-level graduates
B-5. Human resources in science and technology
B-6. International mobility of the highly skilled
B-7. R&D personnel
B-8. Researchers
B-9. Foreign scholars in the United States
B-10. Human resources in S&T in non-OECD economies
B-11. Employment of HRST by industry
B-12. Earnings by educational level
C. Innovation policy
C-1. Public-private cross-funding of R&D
C-2. Government R&D budgets
C-3. Tax treatment of R&D
C-4. Patenting by universities and government
C-5. Collaboration with public research organisations by innovating firms
C-6. Science linkages in technology
C-7. Entrepreneurship
D. Innovation performance
D-1. Triadic patent families
D-2. Patent intensity
D-3. Regional patenting
D-4. Patenting by industry
D-5. Scientific articles
D-6. Innovation within companies
D-7. Innovation and economic performance
D-8. Non-technological innovation
E. ICT
E-1. Investment in ICT equipment and software
E-2. Telecommunications networks
E-3. Internet subscribers and hosts
E-4. Broadband and security
E-5. ICT access by households
E-6. Internet use by individuals
Internet Use by individuals (continued)
E-7. Internet access and use by businesses
Internet access and use by businesses (continued)
E-8. Internet access and use in non-OECD economies
E-9. Volume of electronic commerce
E-10. Internet commerce activity
E-11. Telecommunications pricing
E-12. Occupations and skills in the information economy
E-13-a. International trade in ICT goods
E-13-b. International trade in ICT goods in non-OECD economies
E-14. R&D in selected ICT industries
E-15. Ict-related patents
F. Particular technologies
F-1. Biotechnology firms
F-2. Biotechnology R&D
F-3. Public-sector biotechnology R&D
F-4. Biotechnology applications
F-5. Bioscience
F-6. Biotechnology patents
F-7. Nanoscience
F-8. Nanotechnology patents
F-9. Environmental science
F-10. Patents in environment-related technologies
G. Internationalisation of S&T
G-1. Foreign ownership of domestic inventions
G-2. Domestic ownership of inventions made abroad
G-3. International co-operation in research
G-4. Sources of R&D funding from abroad
G-5. International collaboration in science
G-6. Internationalisation of R&D
G-7. Foreign collaboration on innovation
H. Global economic flows
H-1. Trends in international trade and investment flows
H-2. International trade
H-3. Intra-firm trade
H-4. Foreign direct investment flows
H-5. Activity of affiliates under foreign control in manufacturing
H-6. Activity of affiliates under foreign control in Services
H-7. Trends in employment in foreign affiliates
H-8. Share of turnover under foreign control in selected manufacturing and services sectors
H-9. Import content of exports
H-10. Offshoring of intermediates
H-11. Technology balance of payments
I. Productivity and trade
I-1. Income and productivity levels
I-2. Labour productivity growth
I-3. Growth accounts for OECD countries
I-4. Labour productivity growth in the business sector
I-5. Technology- and knowledge-intensive industries
I-6. International trade by technology intensity
I-7. Exports from high- and medium-high-technology industries
I-8. Contributions to the manufacturing trade balance
Annexes
1. Classification of manufacturing industries based on technology (PDF)
2. Main OECD Databases Used (PDF)
3. Biotechnology statistics: methodology (PDF)

http://www.oecd.org/document/10/0,3343,en_2649_33703_39493962_1_1_1_1,00.html

European Innovation scoreboard 2007 Veebruar 14, 2008

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Euroopa Komisjon on avaldanud Euroopa Liidu liikmesriikide inoovatsioonialase nö edetabeli: “EUROPEAN INNOVATION SCOREBOARD 2007 – COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF INNOVATION PERFORMANCE” Võrlusena on uute riikidena uuringusse lisatud nt Norra ja Austraalia.
Positiivne on, et Eesti on innovatsiooni mahajääjate grupist tõusnud mõõdukalt innovaatiliste riikide gruppi koos Austraalia, Sloveenia, Norra, Tšehhi, Itaalia, Küprose ja Hispaaniaga, jäädes üldkokkuvõttes enam mitte palju maha EU keskmisest:

http://www.proinno-europe.eu/index.cfm?fuseaction=page.display&topicID=275&parentID=51#

Performance chart by indicator

Lühikokkuvõte Eesti kohta.

Estonia
Estonia’s innovation performance ranks it among the “moderate innovators” with a performance that is below EU average but above the group of “catching up” countries. Other EU countries that have a similar performance as “moderate innovators” are the Czech Republic, Slovenia, Italy, Cyprus and Spain. Estonia’s innovation performance has been increasing over the past 5 years compared to the EU average. It is on track to reach the EU average level of innovation performance within 10 years if current trends continue.

Estonia is ranked fourth in the EU in the Innovation & Entrepreneurship dimension, where it well above average on the indicators of SMEs innovating in-house, ICT expenditures and SMEs using organisational innovation. It also has a relative strength in the Innovation drivers dimension, where it is already above the EU average on indicators of population with tertiary education, broadband penetration rate and youth education attainment level. However, Estonia is relatively weaker in the Knowledge creation dimension, where it scores well below average on indicators of business R&D expenditures, enterprises receiving public funding. It is also relatively weaker in the Intellectual property dimension. Estonia is below EU average in its efficiency of transforming innovation inputs into outputs (both Applications and Intellectual Property).

Performance table over time

Kuigi intellektuaalomandi valdkond on endiselt üks nõrgemaid Eestis, siis võrreldes nt kahe-aasta taguse IES raportiga on Euroopa patentide ja Euroopa Ühenduse kaubamärkide ja tööstusdisainilahenduste osas numbrid tublisti tõusnud.

Leheküljelt “Interactive visualisation of the European Innovation Scoreboard” leiab erinevad interaktiivsed tabelid ja riikide vahelised võrdlused kõikide hinnangukriteeriumite järgi.

469 miljonit eurot Veebruar 6, 2008

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Sellise summa investeeris Tekes eelmine aasta teadus- ja arendustegevevusse ning innovatsiooni. Eesti rahas teeb see suurjusjärgus 7.338 miljardit krooni.

Aukartust äratavad on teisedki numbrid:
ligi 2000 teadus- ja arendusprojekti;
1100 uut toodet;
ligi 700 patenditaotlust;
ligi 1000 kraadikaitsmist;
üle 2000 publikatsiooni.

Täitsa huvitav, peaks uurima, kuidas meil vastavad numbrid eelmisel aastal olid.

Tekes invested 469 million euros in R&D and innovation in 2007

Tekes invested 469 million euros in research, development and innovation projects in enterprises, universities and research institutions in 2007. The projects have wide impact on national economy and society.

The impact of Tekes R&D funding can also be seen in new enterprises, businesses, services as well as in enterprise growth and internationalisation.
In 2007, almost 2,000 R&D projects funded by Tekes were completed. The projects created over 1,100 new products, services or production processes, around 700 patent applications, nearly 1,000 theses and over 2,000 publications.

Eco-Patent Commons jaanuar 15, 2008

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Juhtivad tehnoloogiaettevõtted IBM, Nokia, Pitney Bowes ja Sony on loonud ühenduse Eco-Patent Commons, mille liikmed annavad oma keskkonnasõbralikud patenteeritud tehnoloogiad ühiskonnale vabaks kasutamiseks.

Leading members of the corporate community have come together in a first-of-its-kind effort to help the environment, unleashing dozens of innovative, environmentally responsible patents to the public domain.

Availability of these patents will encourage researchers, entrepreneurs and companies of all sizes in any industry to create, apply and further develop their consumer or industrial products, processes and services in a way that will help to protect and respect the environment.

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Examples of the environmental benefits expected for pledged patents include:

* Energy conservation or improved energy or fuel efficiency
* Pollution prevention (source reduction, waste reduction)
* Use of environmentally preferable materials or substances
* Water or materials use reduction
* Increased recycling opportunity.

Source: Corporations Go Public with Eco-Friendly Patents

Access to the full list of patents that have been pledged to date.

Vaata ka vabaks kasutamiseks lubatud patenteeritud tehnoloogiate nimekira: keskkonnasõbralikud patendid.

Towards a European knowledge area juuni 14, 2007

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“Knowledge is a key component of competitiveness” said European Science and Research Commissioner Janez Potočnik.

    What’s going on in Europe?

“The European Commission recently presented the updated European figures on research and innovation in the publication “Key Figures 2007 on Science, Technology and Innovation”. The results of the survey show that European productivity and R&D expenditures lagged in comparison with the major competitors (USA, Japan, China),“ reports IPR-Helpdesk.

    The report shows that EU R&D intensity has stagnated since the mid-nineties. Europe lags behind the US in all scientific disciplines in terms of citation impact scores and highly-cited publications. The linkage between technology (patented inventions) and the science base is much weaker in the EU than in the US.

Highlights of the Key Figures include discussion of the following topics:
· The diminishing weight of Europe in the multi-polar world of science and technology, and its implications for research strategies
· Transition towards knowledge-intensive economies: the need to intensify the pace of Lisbon-driven reforms
· The nature and dynamics of the EU’s industrial structure is the reason for the R&D investment deficit with the US
· The important role of the public sector
· Less opportunities for high-tech venture capital
· Research excellence: the EU remains second behind the US, but excels in traditional domains
· Scientific output is more dispersed across scientific disciplines in the EU than in the US
· Knowledge flows from science to technology are weaker in the EU
· Weaker high-tech performance in the EU
http://ec.europa.eu/invest-in-research/monitoring/statistical01_en.htm

The European Commission report “Key Figures 2007” presents data and statistics on science, technology and innovation and points out following aspects.

Part I Europe’s place in the changing world of Science and Technology

    I.1 Overall investment in Research and Development
    I.2 R&D in the business sector

Europe is losing its attractiveness for international R&D investments

    I.3. Human Resources for Science and Technology: towards new mobility patterns?

The US’s success at importing foreign talent has significantly weakened since 2001, which, together with trends in retirement and degree production, may point to a slowdown in the growth of the US’s S&E workforce At the same time, Asia is to an increasing extent retaining its own stock of human resources for S&T

    I.4. Research excellence

The EU lags behind the US in terms of the citation impact of its scientific output, but compared to the world, the EU excels in the traditional disciplines.
The US dominates rankings of world’s biggest research universities

    I.5. Knowledge flows from Science to Technology

Private companies account for a large share of scientific publications highly cited in patents. But the contribution of European private companies to the production of scientific publications highly cited in patents is significantly lower than the contribution of private companies located in the US.

    I.6. From Science to Industry: the case of nanotechnology

Public support for European nanotech R&D is large and competitive at world level

    I.7. S&T performance and competitiveness

Europe lags behind the US and Japan in terms of patent intensity. The US patents more than Europe in high-tech areas. Europe’s share of trade in high-tech products is stable, while China’s market share has grown significantly China is now the top exporter of computers, and second to the US in electronics and telecoms

Part II: The EU and the European Research Area

    II-1 Expenditure on R&D
    II-1-1 Overall investment in R&D and its financing

Member States’ targets for increased R&D investment are often very ambitious

    II-1-2 R&D in the business enterprise sector
    II-1-3 Trends in the financing of business R&D

Business R&D remains largely funded by the private sector

    II-1-4 Venture Capital investment for private R&D

Recourse to Venture Capital varies widely across Europe

    II-1-5 Foreign R&D investment in the private sector
    II-1-6 Public sector R&D and its relationship with the business sector

Public-sector R&D is largely university-oriented in the EU.

    II-2 Human resources in Science and Technology
    II-3 Scientific Output
    II-4 Technological output

Large differences in patenting intensity across Member States
Slovenia, with 50 patent applications per million inhabitants, is the most active patenting country among the new Member States.

    II-5 The impacts of S&T performance on competitiveness