Intellectual Property Office: Update Nic Fearon-Low
Education tools • New platform launched in July • https://www.ipo.gov.uk/ip-support • Light touch registration • Better monitoring to understand use • More easily updated
Updating the tools Lambert Toolkit – 2019 survey highlights: 39 respondents – (64% universities, 23 businesses) Additional guidance Use Awareness no, 18% 38% 46% Yes, 54% 62% 82% Raising awareness? Through professional organisations websites & newsletters
Updating the tools Intellectual Asset Management for Universities Updating the guidance: • Have you used the current guidance? • What do you think we should include in updated guidance? • What format would you prefer to use?
IP for Research workshops • In the academic year 2018/19 the IPO has partnered with Vitae to deliver: • 15 workshops across the UK, • reaching 300 researchers; • We received 48 expressions of interest in this year’s programme. • Post-course evaluations to date indicate that the workshops have improved researchers’: • Understanding of how IP was relevant to their research • Knowledge of their institutions’ IP policies and who to speak to; and • Confidence in identifying and managing their IP.
Education Review • Increase IP’s impact through awareness and education: 2018 commissioned a comprehensive review of our education resources • Evidence from the review suggests IP will become even more relevant for young people and for the future workforce due to digitalisation, hyper-connectivity and AI, for example • The review findings examined our resources in 6 key areas, salience, discovery, navigation, use, engagement and social and economic impact • Identified opportunities for us to make improvements and increase their social and economic impact • We are considering the findings of the education review and from this we will develop an IP Education Policy to ensure our resources and activities are most effectively targeted
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