IMT and INPI Join Forces to Better Support Innovation

Pascal Faure, dg de l'INPI et Cécile Dubarry, DG de l'IMT ont signé le partenariat
  • A strategic partnership to promote industrial property culture in higher education and research
  • A close collaboration to strengthen start-up support and the valorisation of IMT’s intangible assets
  • A shared ambition to build a high-performing national ecosystem for innovation and industrial property
  • A joint action programme, rooted in the regions, serving responsible innovation

IMT and the French National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) have signed a major three-year strategic partnership during VivaTech 2025. This partnership is driven by a shared goal: to strengthen the dissemination of industrial property culture among students, PhD candidates, faculty, and start-ups from IMT’s network of incubators, and to offer a structured range of awareness, training, and support services tailored to their needs.

Shared Priorities at the Heart of Innovation

IMT, a committed player in major industrial, digital, energy, and ecological transitions, is embedding this partnership within its 2023–2027 strategy. This strategy aims to foster the creation and dissemination of its innovations and to make industrial property a lever serving its missions in training, research for economic development, and sovereignty.

For its part, INPI — France’s national authority for industrial property — reaffirms its role as a facilitator within innovation ecosystems. It is making available to IMT its support tools (MOOCs, pre-diagnostics, “Pass PI”, masterclasses, start-up programmes, etc.) and its network of regional offices, working closely with IMT’s Technological Universities.