INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND R&D LOCATION IFRI-ANRT ...

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28 Nov 2006 – 1. Nomination of. Group Management. Board. August 4. CST. TWO COMPANIES ARE JOINING. Global acquisition. Upstream integration ...

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• Économie
• Economy

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• Publié par: paul.vallen
• Nombre de lectures: 100
• Langue: English

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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND R&D LOCATION IFRIANRT, November 28, 2006

Thierry WIRIG

Global acquisition Upstream integration

Regional leadership South Am. Leadership in value added

TWO COMPANIES ARE JOINING

Nomination of Management Committee September 6

Regional leadership Eastern Europe Increase presence in Asia and Africa

Leadership invalue added

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Nomination of Group Management Board August 4

CST

Capture growth and increase presence in growing market

Consolidation Europe Downstream Integration

Nomination of N2 End of September

Arcelor Mittal: a global company

Steel market leader in the Americas, Europe and CIS, and Africa

61 major industrial steel plants in 27 countries and a worldwide distribution network

Extensive mining activities across the world

330,000 employees

Numerous international partnerships and JVs

ArcelorMittal steel production sites around the world

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RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT

Key facts Several R&D cases  2 categories of Research Centers  Total budget of over170 M€ – Research Centers belonging to the  More than1300researchers Group  13major research centers (in Europe, in – Research Centers coowned by the US and Canada) ourselves and an other Party  Split of research expenditures  4 main categories of R&D projects (in %  budget 2006) – Projects implemented by ourselves in '''''O''''4e''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''r''''''''' Packaging our Research Centers Flat '''''''''''''''''''''''''Au'''' Corporate 13 – Projects subcontracted to external projects R&DCenters (Universities, Public labs, 4 28 4 Private labs) Ideas & 4 Maturation – Common projects with competitors 5 Long – Participation on international projects 16 12 Flat Industry Flat Process 15 Stainless

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ROLE OF IP IN GEOGRAPHIC LOCATIONOF R&D

IP is not a decision making factor for R&D geographic location, but it is essential that IP integrates the specifications due to R&D geopraphic location for defining the most appropriate IP strategy

6 mainidentified topics/risks to analyze for IP recommendations IT  Legal  – Operational safety devices in the lab ? – Specifications and limits of IP laws ? – Is it a government control of IT ? – How legal system is working ? – Hacking level in the country ? – Is it a difference between Native and Foreigners ?  Politic  Economic – State power vs regional power ? – Level of economic criminality – Governmental Subsid rules ? (infringement, corruption, …) ?  Usual practices  Social – Usual practices in the country ? – Level of wages ? – IP policy of the lab (coownership, – % HR turnover ? licensing, …) ?

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