Latest developments of IP in Mexico; private and public universities,

Itesm and University of Guadalajara

IMPI MEXICO

June 2006

Relationship with Universities and Research Centers

Establishing Centers of Assistance for Protection of Industrial Property Rights (CAPPI’s)

Implementing Intellectual Property courses

Lectures in Universities and Research Centers

CAPPI’s Objectives

Promote and spread knowledge of IP

To support universities and research centers in

designing and adapting Industrial Property policies

Promote and spread programs of economic backing to

professors and students with an innovator profile

Support Micro and SME’s in Industrial Property Rights

Design training programs in IP for students and

professors

Development and analysis of Technological

search, analyze patent technical information for

researchers, university professors and students

Identify and evaluate IP assets

Identify projects and potential research results at

universities that could be protected by IP.

Cases Guadalajara

University of Guadalajara• Courses for professors (5 hrs. per week; 120 hrs; 24

sessions) • Topic in Industrial Property in all disciplines• Campaign against violations of IP (Book photocopies,

software)• CAPPI’s in 3 campus to start

ITESM West Zone Courses for professors (4 hrs. per week; 150 hrs;

37 sessions)• High Tech Entrepreneur Program with CAPPI in each

Campus

University of Guadalajara

The University of Guadalajara has 15 Campus: 5 thematic, and 10 regional.

Thematic:Art & Design (architecture, industrial and graphic design)Engineering Campus (industrial, mechanical, electrical, chemistry engineering, etc)Biological and Agricultural Sciences (biology and agriculture)Business and Economics Sciences (Management, Accounting, Marketing, Economy)Social Sciences and Humanities (law, history and philosophy)

University of Guadalajara Student body

University

Undergraduates 67,749Graduates 2,641PhD 276

Total Student Population 77,936

Faculty 7,441

High School

High and Prep School 106,529Population

Faculty 5,424

Today The programs we started last year, are beginning to

take form:

University of Guadalajara’s Council of Deans has approved the Intellectual Property Course. It will start next school term in September.

In some Campus, it will be mandatory, such as the Engineering and the Art and Design Campus.

The University is celebrating their, 1st Research Results and Innovation Fair in a few months, and before it takes place, they will applying for a patent for all products presented at the fair.

Another action at the University, in coordination with the IP Office, is a crash intensive course for the professors that will be teaching the IP course, in the arts and design campus, it will start on the 29th. It’s a 61 hours for Patents and 25 for Trademarks.

33 campusMore than 96,000 students

Ciudad Juárez

ChihuahuaSonora Norte

GuaymasCiudad Obregón

Sinaloa

Mazatlán

Guadalajara

LagunaLaguna

Colima

Saltillo

Eugenio Garza Sada

Monterrey

Tampico

Veracruz

Chiapas

Toluca

Cd. de MéxicoEdo. de México

MorelosMorelos

León

Irapuato

QuerétaroHidalgoHidalgo

San Luis PotosíZacatecas

Sta. CatarinaGarza Lagüera

Aguascalientes

Morelia PueblaPuebla

8,253 professors

ITESM (Technological Institute of Monterrey)

At the Itesm, the latest news are the establishment of a Technological Transfer Office. Which is adscript to the Patenting Center of the Technological Entrepreneur Institute. With this action, a big step has been taken, as this TTO will be providing services to other Campus, Universities and research centers of the system and of the region.

TEI Strategic partners

Intel Economy Ministry

Instituto Mexicano de Propiedad Industrial• Patent and Trademark Center• Personnel Training

University of Alberta• Technological Transfer

University of Waterloo• Entrepreneur and Intrapreneur

Public Technological Institutes System

Another program taking place, is with the TIS, which is a government program, funded with federal resources. An agreement has been reached so that each unit will have an academic in charge of IP.

In December last year, personnel of the ROs attended a meeting in Los Mochis, a small agricultural town in the Pacific coast of Mexico, where 120 academics of the system received lectures about IP.

The Tecnologicos system has an annual competition of Innovation and Creativity where personnel of each Regional Office act as judges.

There are 217 units all over Mexico. It’s the largest organization of this type in the country.

Universities and Research Centers Patenting Centers

In operation:

Central Office – 4

Monterrey RO – 8

Yucatan RO – 3

Western RO – 2

Other actions

There are some other actions taking place in Mexico, that will be presented tomorrow by the Deputy General Director of the Institute, Mr. Mario Rodriguez.

Thank you