| dc.description.abstract | Over the past two decades, the success of Taiwanese technology companies in the global market can be attributed to fast response, fine vertical delegation of jobs, and high efficiency in OEM production. Although Taiwanese companies invested in R & D, innovations, and patent applications, competitions from foreign companies have escalated. Besides, for Taiwanese companies, patent application is merely a strategy to secure orders from international brands. Therefore, in order to protect the hard-earned accomplishments, Taiwanese companies need to do the following: to encourage innovation to accumulate patent repository, and to get the experience from European and American companies for future actions.
Manufacturing makes up 30% of Taiwan’s industry. Without research and development to breakthrough technological difficulties, it will be difficult for Taiwanese companies to sustain business relationships with foreign brands. According to statistics, Taiwanese companies paid 5.7 billion USD in royalties to international companies in 2011 alone. In addition, since 2008, Taiwanese LCD panel industry as a whole, paid up 815 million USD in penalties to the US Department of Commerce, as a result of price cartel reported by South Korea’s Samsung. This means a significant part of Taiwan’s economic achievement was exploited by foreign companies. Though both South Koreans and Taiwanese understood the importance of independence in technology since 2000, Taiwan has not made major improvement in this area.
Just like acquiring new techniques, patent is a strategy for gaining competitive edge. Therefore this study proposes to establish a patent portfolio analysis mechanism, to make patent analysis as the first step for the company’s technology development. In addition, this study also picked the carbon fiber technology as an example as a Proof of Concept for the proposed process, and to identify whether there is room for improvement, and how this company can make its patent management process more comprehensive. In conclusion, this proposed patent planning process attempts to change patent application from a ‘passive’ into a ‘proactive’ role in the company. | en_US |