BEST PRACTICES AS IP PROTECTION STRATEGY IN SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES IN JAPAN AND MEXICO.
By IVAN VASQUEZ SANJUAN
The SMEs of Mexico are defined in the article 3 section 3 of the law for development of the competitiveness of micro, small and medium- sized enterprises.
Employees Industry Commerce Services
Micro Until 10 Until 10 Until 10
Small 11 to 50 11 to 30 11 to 50
Medium 51 to 250 31 to 100 51 to 100
Big 251 and more 101 and more 101 and more
2016 INEGI
4 MILLION 48 THOUSAND 531 SMES IN MEXICO.
INEGI (National Statistics, Geography and Informatics Institute )
Micro Small
Medium Big
1.0%
0.3% 3.3%
95.4%
12.6%
16.9%
28.1%
42.4%
Micro Small
Medium Big
Unfair competition for the informal sector.
IP law firms are expensive.
Do not have strategies to protect the IP.
Do not want invest in the scope of their products.
Do not register their intellectual property of
their products.
Do not make due diligence before the business.
Do not have the internal mechanism to develop and protect the IP of their products.
Do not have budget to invest in protect the IP inside of their companies.
Scarcity in the use of patents and licenses. Only 24%
of SMEs handles any license or patent.
By Margaret Rouse
Is a technique or methodology that, through
experience and research, has proven to reliably lead
to a desired result. The term is used frequently in the
fields of government administration, the education
system, project management, strategy, quality,
business, and elsewhere.
SMES
IP TRAINING
INVESTING IN R&D
AGREEMENTS WITH UNIVERSITIES
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
QUALITY MANUAL
The Company demonstrate that the workforce of the Employees is enough to invest in them to know more about IP System
The employees acquire new skills, increasing their contribution to protect all the IP of the company.
The employees do new and different tasks, which keeps them motivated and fresh.
The employees see that you value them enough to invest in them.
Possibility to increase the productivity or development new product lines.
Some investors look for firm companies with R&D policy
Companies gain a competitive advantage by performing in some way that their competition cannot easily replicate.
Developing new technologies can open up new business opportunities within your organization.
Access different pools of knowledge
Save R&D costs
Universities are among the external partners that offer high promise
Dialogues with academic scientists also provide many information that can be useful in the SMES
Line of credit to invest in development new products
The intellectual property rights can be used for obtaining financing from financial institutions based on their value evaluation.
Financial support means that the SMEs and their patents has a considerable value for the banks or another institution.
ESTABLISH IP STRATEGY
KEEP RECORD THE IP
STRATEGY IN ALL THE AREAS OF THE SMEs
IMPLEMENT THE IP
STRATEGY
SUPERVISE THE STARTEGY AND THE
MANAGEMENT OF THE
STRATEGY
CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT THE IP
STRATEGY
