1. R.D.
Patents/U.M./I.D.
Trade SecretsNon-Imitable Difficultto Invent
Imitable Commercializable
Coveredin patentedclaims Probablealternative
Trademark
Other
G.I.
Copyright
Lead Time
Advantage
Secrecy
Complexity
of Design
No Legal Protection
Short generation-span
products
Difficultto
imitateproducts Transferableskills, information,
and resource protection
Prospective profits < Cost of legal protectionor low investment capital
S.M.E.
L.C.
S.M.E.
Cust.
F.G.
Licensing Agreements, Contracts, etc
Specialized
Collaboration
Product Ideas and
ImprovementSuggestions
Product Development
Intellectual Property Management
for SME’s
Legal Protection Methods
Alternative Protection Methods
Collaboration Networks Open Source
Open Source
Content
Commercializable
Non-
Commercializable
Software
Commercializable
Non-
Commercializable
Hardware
E.g. Marketing Material
E.g. Support Software
Open to remix
Restricted
Prospective
Product
Experimental
E.g. Arduino
Key:
R.D. – Research Disclosure
U.M. – Utility Model
I.D. – Industrial Design
G.I. – Geographic Indicator
L.C. – Large Corporation
F.G. – Focus Groups
S.M.E. – Small to medium enterprise
Cust. - Customers
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