台灣智慧財產管理規範(TIPS)之發展與現況

Abstract

Recognizing the growing importance of intellectual property in today's knowledge-based economy and the apparent lacking of experience and resource for self-developing an internal intellectual property management system in most Taiwan companies, in 2003 The Intellectual Property Office (the task was later transferred to the Industrial Development Bureau in 2005) of the Ministry of Economics Affairs appointed the Science and Technology Law Center, an unit under the Institute for Information Industry to establish a standardized guidelines named ”Taiwan Intellectual Property Management System (TIPS)”. The TIPS guideline aims to provide guidance for establishing a cost-effective IP management system by incorporating the IP management strategies into an organization's management activities. TIPS was developed based on the Plan-Do-Check-Action (PDCA) cycle which requires continuously checking, auditing and adjusting management policy and corporate objectives so that the best IP management system can be established. So far, more than 10 companies and organizations have successfully built their internal IP management systems based on TIPS; 50 enterprises have assessed the effectiveness and adequacy of their existing IP management infrastructures and hundreds of companies and organizations have received the TIPS diagnostic and implementation advises offered by the consulting team in the Science and Technology Law Center. Apart from assisting local enterprises to build up their own internal intellectual property management system, TIPS further aims to enhance the awareness of the importance and value of its IP assets within a corporate so that the added-value of these intangible assets can be maximized. Implementing TIPS can also facilitate innovation processes and promote the growth of the local IP service industry, bringing Taiwan closer to its goal of becoming an ”Intelligence Island”.