Category: IP Management
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Business Secrets Management
Book launch: Business Secrets Management – Strategies to Protect, Extracts and Maximise Value As one of several co-authors I am excited to announce the imminent launch of our new book on Business Secrets Management – Strategies to Protect, Extracts and Maximise Value.The book will be available in mid-April and will be formerly launched during the…
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A Good IP Citizen
A Good IP Citizen is an individual or organization that actively engages in responsible and ethical practices regarding intellectual property (IP) rights*. This includes respecting the rights of creators and innovators, fostering a culture of innovation, and contributing positively to the broader ecosystem of knowledge and creativity: By embodying these principles, a Good IP Citizen…
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Managing Business Secrets: Part 2
Management of business secrets, whether formal trade secrets, confidential information or data requires a pragmatic approach, with a people-centric focus on strategic management across the organisation. 2. Establish an IP register to track IP in the organisation. This should: It is important to capture the IP generated in the business, but also important to understand…
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Managing Business Secrets: Part 1
Management of business secrets, whether formal trade secrets, confidential information or data requires a pragmatic approach, with a people-centric focus on strategic management across the organisation. 1. Build IP awareness of the basic IP issues Awareness of IP issues related to the organisation’s business with all team members. This should: Take steps to educate employees…
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Business Secrets @ LESI 2023
Cubicibuc’s director Graham Bell will be attending the Annual Conference of the Licensing Executives Society International (LESI) in Montréal, Canada on 30 April – 2 May, with an interest in Business Secrets and their role in creating value. The theme for LESI2023 is Leveraging Intellectual Property to Enable Innovation and Créativité for an Inspired Future. Through keynote…
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UK IPO SEPs for SMEs
In August 2022 the UK Intellectual Property Office published findings and evidence from a consultation around Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) – found here. The responses to UK IPO included a number from organisations that support SMEs with IP and innovation activities, including Cubicibuc Limited. However the UK IPO felt they “did not hear sufficient evidence…
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Challenges with IP for SMEs in Open Innovation
IP in many forms is a key enabler of collaboration Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are considered to be the engine of the European economy. After an official commitment to OI in 2016, the Commission continues to promote OI as part of its digital single market and innovation policies. Particularly for SMEs working on key…
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Building stronger intellectual property strategy capabilities
Supporting SMEs to succeed with open innovation Intellectual Property and Open Innovation: October 2021, The European Commission published a new study on the interplay of Intellectual Property and Open Innovation. The study was commissioned by the Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (European Commission), now known as European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency and prepared by…
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World IP Day 2021 – Supporting SMEs
26 April, 2021 marks World IP Day and this year’s theme is close to current project engagements of Cubicibuc – IP & SMEs. WIPO has a great page of resources on IP aimed at SMEs: https://www.wipo.int/ip-outreach/en/ipday/ Along with the recent IP Action plan coming out of the European Commission in November 2020, the focus on…
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World IP Forum 2021 – Accelerating Innovation Through Collaboration
Intellectual Property in all its forms is a key asset to compete, locally, or globally. Industries that rely on IP play an essential role in the global economy, and IP represent an increasingly important role to maintain organisational competitiveness. As we face the current crisis due to the COVID-19 pandemic we can note that during…