About Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

Philips generates a number of patents and other intellectual property rights (IPR) on the basis of its substantial investments in R&D. To safeguard Philips IPR and to ensure good return on its investments, Philips Intellectual Property & Standards (IP&S) manages Philips IPR through a number of programs, such as licensing and brand protection activities, infringement detection projects, business intelligence and counseling activities, etc.

Philips currently owns about 60000 patent rights, 29000 trademark registrations, 43000 design registrations and 2000 domain name registrations. This large IPR portfolio is used to support the various Sectors of Philips in achieving their business goals. IP&S also enables technologies to be brought to the market quicker, by sharing them with partners via various licensing or technology sharing programs. In the process, IP&S also actively seeks opportunities to generate additional income by licensing Philips IPR to third parties.

IP&S participates in the formulation of formal standards and regulations in various technical areas and in various jurisdictions, in order to safeguard market access for Philips products.

IP&S-India is an integral part of the global IP&S organization, actively contributing to diverse activities such as business counseling; patent drafting and prosecution; novelty and validity searching; risk assessment; infringement detection, IP assertion and IP licensing projects; IP administration and maintenance support; business intelligence; and brand protection activities.

Facts & Figures

1600 patents filed per year	60000 patent rights	12000 patent families
29000 Trademarks	43000 Design Rights	2000 Domain Names
26 offices in 16 countries	500 IP&S employees	Founded in 1924

Vision & Mission

Vision

• IP&S wants to be a leading industrial IP organization providing world-class IP solutions to Philips’ businesses to support their growth and competitiveness.

Mission

• Create a strong IP portfolio and generate maximum value out of this portfolio for the Sectors.
• Determine pro-actively the third party IP needs of the Sectors and seek to provide these at favorable terms.
• Counsel Sectors in IP matters to serve their interests.
• Contribute to public/industry standards and regulations in order to create favorable market access conditions for products sold by Sectors and/or to create new business opportunities supported by strong IP positions for the Sectors.