setting up an intellectual property asset management council
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Setting up an Intellectual Property Asset Management Council. by Michael H. Jacobs, Esq. [email protected]. Why Should a Company Seek to Protect IP?. Freedom to Operate Protection of Core Technologies (Including Right to Exclude Competitors) Licensing and Royalty Benefits - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Setting up an Intellectual Setting up an Intellectual Property Asset Property Asset
Management CouncilManagement Council
byMichael H. Jacobs, [email protected]
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Why Should a Why Should a Company Seek to Company Seek to
Protect IP?Protect IP?• Freedom to Operate
• Protection of Core Technologies (Including Right to Exclude Competitors)
• Licensing and Royalty Benefits
• Enhancing Reputation as a Technology Company
• Enhance “Brand”
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Why Steps Should a Why Steps Should a Company Take?Company Take?
• Physical Security
• Employee Agreements
• Contracts
• Education
• IP Procurement Program
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What Is Needed for a What Is Needed for a Procurement Program?Procurement Program?• Management and Legal
Department Support
• Infrastructure– Invention Disclosure Forms– Staffing– Incentive Program
• Intellectual Property Asset Management (IPAM) Council
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What Is an IPAM What Is an IPAM Council?Council?
• Team Tasked with Reviewing Invention Disclosures Submitted by Employees
• Authorized by Management and Legal to Approve or Reject Disclosures
• Two Major Roles– Gatekeeper (as discussed above)– Spokespeople for Program
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Who Should Be on an Who Should Be on an IPAM Council?IPAM Council?
• Representative from Legal– Preferably Registered Patent Attorney
• Representative from Various Business Units– Include Major Technology Areas– Don’t Forget Other Groups
• Level of Technical Skill– Don’t Just Include “Techies”
• Enthusiasm and Commitment
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How Should an IPAM How Should an IPAM Council Be Run?Council Be Run?
• Ground Rules– Set by Management/Legal
• Chair– Preferably from Legal
• Voting System– Approve– Reject– Send Back for More Information
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The Importance of The Importance of EnthusiasmEnthusiasm
• Technical Skills and Management Level Important
• More Importantly, Members Should Be Sold on and Willing to Sell Program
Setting up an Intellectual Setting up an Intellectual Property Asset Property Asset
Management CouncilManagement Council
byMichael H. Jacobs, [email protected]