地方創生に向けた中小企業の知財活動推進の取り組み
Effort to Promote IP Activities of SMEs for Local Creation

土生 哲也
Tetsuya Habu

日本知財学会誌 Vol.12 No.3 p.39-49 (2016-3-20)
Journal of Intellectual Property Association of Japan Vol.12 No.3 p.39-49 (2016-3-20)

＜要旨＞
地域経済を支える中小企業はわが国産業競争力の源泉であり，地方創生の担い手として，その活性化が強く求められているところである．地域で活動する多くの中小企業が，独占排他権による競争優位性の確保という典型的な効果だけでなく，販路開拓，取引先との交渉力強化，顧客へのPR，業務提携の実現といった知財活動の多様な効果に気づき，知財活動の実践を通じて経営基盤の強化を実現することができれば，地域経済の浮揚に結びつくはずである．本稿では，中小企業へのアンケート結果や，各地で実施してきた支援活動の例を紹介しながら，中小企業の知財活動推進の方策について考察する．
<Abstract>
Small and medium-sized enterprises supporting the local economy are base of Japanese industrial competitiveness, and they are regarded as important part of the local creation. If more small and medium-sized enterprises find not only typical effect like acquisition of competitive superiority caused exclusive right but also multiple effects of IP activities like finding a new market, strengthening ability to negotiate with customers or suppliers, advertising to customers and realizing business tie-up, and if they could achieve strengthening management foundation through the practice of IP activities, the local economy will be heating up. Through this paper, I’ll examine the way to promote IP activities of small and medium-sized enterprises with introducing questionnaire results to them and examples of support activities executed in various places.

＜キーワード＞
中小企業，知的財産，地方創生，地域経済
<Keywords>
Small and medium-sized enterprises, Intellectual property, Local creation, Local economy