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In the Name of Allah the Most Beneficent and Merciful
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Asfand Ali
Assistant Director
IPO-Pakistan
IP Awareness and Capacity Building of SMEs
December 14, 2007
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Pakistan Economy in High Growth Mode (%age Growth)
Category 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07
GDP 6.4% 8.6% 6.6% 7.0%
Income 14.9% 10.9% 14.2% 9.2%
(Per Capita)
FDI 19.0% 60.0% 131.0% 70.5%
Trade 19.4% 25.4% 28.8% 8.4% (Imports fob) (12.6%) (32.0%) (43.2%) (10.3%)
(Exports fob) (10.3%) (17.0%) (18.1%) (5.4%)
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Sectoral Share in GDP (2006-07)
Industrial Sector 26.1%
Agriculture Sector 21.6%
Services Sector 52.3%
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SMEs in Pakistan
Economic Establishments: 3.2 million (99% SMEs)
Value Addition in Manufacturing: 35% Contribution to GDP: 30% Share in Manufactured Exports: 25% Contribution in Employment: 78% (Non-
Agriculture Sector)
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SME Sector (Sub-Sectoral Share of SMEs)
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SME Criteria
Size Sector Employment
Annual
Sales
Productive
Assets
Small and
Medium Enterpris
es
Manufacturing,
Services and
Trade
Up to 250
persons
Up to Rs.
250 million
Up to Rs. 25 million
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Problems of SME Sector
Awareness; and
Capacity
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Awareness
IPO-Pakistan Organized Awareness Seminars in Major Chambers of Commerce and Industry.
IPO-Pakistan is now Organizing Awareness Seminars in Small Trade Associations that mostly Comprises of Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs).
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Awareness (contd.)
IPO-Pakistan is arranging Stalls in Exhibitions and Fairs for information dissemination to Small and Medium Enterprises.
In Order to Promote IP in Pakistan, IP Journalism is Playing a Critical Role.
e.g.,– World Trade Review; and– IP News
Use of Electronic and Print Media for Information Dissemination.
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Awareness (contd.)
IPO-Pakistan is arranging translation of different books in Collaboration with SMEDA and with the Financial Assistance of WIPO from English to Urdu Language for the benefit of SMEs.
Survey of Creative Industries. Film Production of Success Stories
of Businesses; Regional Offices of IPO-Pakistan.
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IP Help Desks
1. Islamabad ,Technology Incubation Center,National University of Science and Technology (NUST).Email: [email protected]
2. Karachi The Patents Office.Email: [email protected]
3. Lahore Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA).Email: [email protected]
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International Seminars
IPO-Pakistan arranged an International Seminar in collaboration with WIPO and SMEDA in June, 2007 on SMEs in Lahore, Pakistan; and
WIPO is also going to arrange a Seminar on Franchising in Lahore on 17-18 December, 2007.
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Infrastructure Support Systems
Trade Marks Journal for the Advertisement of Trade Marks/Service Marks/Geographical Indications Applications;
Official Gazette for the Advertisement of Patent Applications;
Copyright Advertisements are Published in Newspapers;
IP Journal; Website.
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IPO Website (www.ipo.gov.pk)
Dynamic
Informative
Availability of Forms etc.
Publishing IP Journal
Latest IP Data Being Published
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Services for SMEs
ORGANIZATIONS IPR SERVICES
PCSIR
(Pakistan Council for Scientific and Industrial Research)
Technical facilitation on patent search
and legal advices to ensure best
protectionFull payment of fee of 200 local
applications
filing and 10 foreign applications filing.
HEC(Higher Education Commission)
International search by HEC to know
about the patentability of the invention.Payment of patent application and patent
attorney fee.
PSF(Pakistan Science Foundation)
Awards for inventions
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PASTIC(Pakistan Scientific and
Technological Information Center)
Advice on technical and financial matters and facilitation in patent application filing.
NUST(Technology Incubation Center)
Technical advice on facilitation of patent, trade mark and copyright filing
Promotion of research and development. Patent Help-Lines
SMEDA(Small & Medium Enterprise
Development Authority)
IP awareness in the form of Workshops and Seminars
Technical facilitation of patent drafting and legal advice on IP matters
Patent Help Lines
IPO-Pakistan(Intellectual Property Organisation
of Pakistan)
Outreach Program for linkaging and leveraging internal and external constituencies.
Patent help-lines for guidance of the researcher’s community.
Services for SMEs (Contd.)
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Fee Structure
The Fee Structure for Patents, Trade Marks/Service Marks and Copyrights is being kept low as an enabler for SME Sector. The Fee Structure is as under:
Copyrights US $ 9/- Trade Marks/Service Marks US $ 17/- Patents US $ 38/-
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Support Institution for SMEs
SMEDA (Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority); and
SME Bank
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SME Policy 2007
SME Policy 2007 embeds the following Policy Objective:
“Improving and Enforcing Intellectual Property Rights for SMEs”
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IPO-SMEDA Collaboration in Public Outreach Programme
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Conclusion
The Regional Interface of IP Offices here in Korea in this beautiful Island will definitely help Pakistan to Improve its Strategy and Enrich Expertise for Enhancing IP Awareness in the Micro and SME Sector.
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Intellectual Property Rights
Protect your own IP Rights; and
Respect IP Rights of others