Intellectual property plans, have been decided.

 ■ Intellectual property plans, have been decided.

The government's intellectual property plans have been finalized.

I agreed with 5 points.

At the beginning, there is the outline that is, "New Normal and Strategy for Intellectual Property".

These are 4 items, basic recognition, impact of the spread of COVID-19 and social changes, what the intellectual property strategy for the new normal should be, relationship between COVID-19 measures and this promotion plan.

The recognition that is the balance of "use" from the state's support for the cultural industry and the protection of intellectual property, which the outline has shown, seems to be a matter of course, but in fact, has not been properly talked about so far. I agree. I would like them to proceed with it as a basic approach. 

The second point is "computerizing education". This time, the following items have been included.

・ Ministries and agencies giving support across the board to improve the environment for "learning in the future", centered on the development of school ICT infrastructure through the "GIGA School Concept" realization package for "cloud utilization," "high-speed, large-capacity communication environments," and "each student having their own terminal". 

・ In order to promote online education, we will advance the facilitation of urgent and special application of the revised Copyright Act this year, with regards to sending copyrighted works to students, etc., via the Internet, etc., during the course of classes. We will consider the necessary support for reducing the burden through compensation for next year's full-scale implementation. 

・ Develop human resources that have practical AI skills. Develop and implement training programs for acquiring skills in data science, etc., and work to build a nationwide network that aims for cooperation between institutions, and circulating and deploying them to other institutions.

Computerizing education has been an issue for the intellectual property plan for 10 years. For the time being, we got a breakthrough result.

I would like to express my great appreciation to the efforts of government officials.

The third point is the utilization of DX and AI/data. The following items were listed.

・ Major transformation by DX

・ COVID-19 and DX

・ Case studies of DX in companies

・ Development of rules for promoting the utilization of real data

・ Various cross-cutting issues

・ Collaboration between fields

・ Issues for each field

・Development of human resources

・What the patent system should be

This is the most important issue for Japan, and I welcome anything written about it that emphasizes it.

As has previously often been talked about in the framework of IT policy, intellectual property strategies and IT strategies should be integrated. I would like them to bring these two together. 

The fourth point is Cool Japan. It is a "public-private platform".

Discussions about the Cool Japan strategy have been exhausted, but it lacks a pillar of action.

I have repeatedly asked them to actualize that one point that makes up the "core organization".

As long as I can break through on this one point, I think the private sector will sympathize too. Conversely, if they can't even do that, their reputation will be ruined. 

The fifth point is content creation.

Manga, anime, video, movies, TV, music, e-sports, including anti-piracy measures.

At the same time as paying close attention to each genre, horizontal measures such as overseas expansion, human resources development, and communication/broadcasting integration, etc., have been adequately written about, conveying how serious the government is.