Proposed establishment of a technology monitoring system in intellectual property

Abstract

The paper presents a proposal for the creation and implementation of a technology watch, or competitive intelligence, unit in the field of intellectual property. It records that in recent years the implementation of such practices in Brazil by public or private organisations has intensified and lists examples of the adoption of these tools by national bodies, among them ANVISA, the Centre for Strategic Studies and Management, the Oswaldo Cruz Institute and FINEP. The proposal is organised in ten sections, dealing with the concept and purpose of the system, its implementation, duties and activities, resources, the identification of information needs and sources, the forms of access, research, information processing and evaluation of the system, expected results, the responsibility of the requesting party and the execution schedule. It relates technology watch to the protection of intangible assets, to the formulation of public policies and to the state purchasing power provided for in Law 12.349/2010, and links the implementation of strategic intelligence for public health to the management of public projects and to the extension of services to the population.