Industrial Sector Urge for Early Establishment of An IPR Bank. Academic and Public Sectors Both Consider Otherwise.

E080422X5 May. 2008（E102）

　Ministry of Economic Affairs organized the IPR Summit as part of IPR protection efforts. 26 April is the World IP Day. Delegates from private indutries at the conference urge the government to set up an IP Bank to share with the private sector the state-owned patented R&D results to promote the competitiveness of the nation as a whole. However, the academic sector and the government both reserve their opinion on this expressed idea in consideration of the practical challenges to overcome to put such an idea into force.

　According to Xu Sheng-Xiong, the government should set up a co-sharing mechanism such as an IP bank to share the successful results of the academic and government R&D efforts with the private technology sector. The IPR sharing may be done by way of assignment or joint venture to promote national competitiveness.

　According to Dai Hao-Jun, Director of the Science & Technology Law Center, the value-added innovations act provides the establishment of an innovation research data bank and this will serve as a patent exchange platform like an IP bank.

　Wang Mei-Hua, Director of Taiwan IPO indicates in response to the above opinion from the industrial sector that to set up an IPR bank, comprehensive cross-department coordination will be the first step to take. Much as it is possible to consolidate patent resources, however, the difficulty involved in the actual operation could be difficult to overcome.

　According to Liu, Shang-Jyh, Director of the Institute of Technology Law, National Chiao Tung University, members in the industry are competitors among themselves and even members of the same industry may find the IPR bank does not meet their need in consideration of the variety of the actual manufacturing process needed and the products to be manufactured. The Hsinchu Science-based Industrial Park had small-sized IPR platform set up before but the project was soon aborted in the midst of unsolved practical difficulties.

Views regarding establishment of an IPR Bank

Industry

Government

Academic sector

Position

Approved.

Opinion withheld.

Reasons for the position

1. Repeated access to use.

2. Value of the patent increased.

3. Successful R&D results integrated.

1.Comprehensive cross-department coordination needed.