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Generative AI Has an Intellectual Property Problem
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleStrategies to help companies mitigate the legal risk and ensure they're in compliance with the law. -
Treat Employees like Adults
Intellectual property Magazine ArticlePeople aren’t getting dumber, but they’re often treated that way. Politicians, educators, and the media assume the public is uncomfortable with nuance and grateful for prescribed solutions. Business, too, is being progressively dumbed down, not only by book authors who teach management by parable but also by managers themselves. Ironically, the infantilization of work is […] -
What? Me, Worry?
Intellectual property Magazine ArticleMost executives think they’re security conscious—they change their passwords and shred important documents and so forth. But what rarely crosses their minds, says espionage expert H. Keith Melton, is that cloak-and-dagger types really are after their valuables. Just because you’re not paranoid, he observes, doesn’t mean they’re not following you. Melton, the author of Ultimate […] -
3 Myths About China’s IP Regime
Business law Digital ArticleFears of forced technology transfer are overblown. -
Think Like an Author, Not an Owner
Economics Digital ArticleThe story of Disney and Pixar. -
License to Overkill (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Sales & Marketing Magazine ArticleSheldon Bloomfield, senior vice-president of character properties for Multi-Media Worldwide, has a hit with Baby Ruby. Originally a children's book character,... -
Can Technology Really Save Us from Climate Change?
Innovation Magazine ArticleThe hope that an entrepreneurial industry can help reverse global warming misses one critical point: Innovation takes time. Lots of time. -
Blockchain Could Help Artists Profit More from Their Creative Works
Intellectual property Digital ArticleMovie studios and record companies should take note. -
Needed: A New System of Intellectual Property Rights
Intellectual property Magazine ArticleSqueezing today’s innovations into yesterday’s system simply won’t work. -
Patent Sharks
Intellectual property Magazine ArticleLegal strategies aren’t enough to deal with these predators of the IP world. You need to rethink your approach to R&D. -
License to Overkill (HBR Case Study)
Sales & Marketing Magazine ArticleSheldon Bloomfield, senior vice-president of character properties for Multi-Media Worldwide, has a hit with Baby Ruby. Originally a children's book character,... -
Where Napster Is Taking the Publishing World
Web-based technologies Magazine ArticleFree distribution over the Internet will revolutionize not just the music industry but all of publishing. Bad news? Maybe not—the end result could actually be more revenue, not less, for companies with the courage to focus on developing talent rather than on pushing units. -
The Uber-Waymo Lawsuit: It Should Be Easy to Poach Talent, But Not IP
Organizational Development Digital ArticleNoncompetes are bad for innovation; protecting information is essential. -
Patent Trolling Isn’t Dead — It’s Just Moving to Delaware
Intellectual property ResearchThe recent Supreme Court ruling wasn’t a cure-all. -
Connect and Develop: Inside Procter & Gamble's New Model for Innovation
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleFor generations, Procter & Gamble generated most of its phenomenal growth by innovating from within--building global research facilities and hiring the... -
Sharpening the Intangibles Edge
Financial analysis Magazine ArticleNeither markets nor managers accurately value investments in intangibles like R&D, studies show. The result: misallocated resources. The solution: read on. -
What the Rise of Russian Hackers Means for Your Business
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleMake yourself a harder target. -
People Don’t Need a Profit Motive to Innovate
Intellectual property Magazine ArticleThe finding: Innovations developed by individuals who give them away increasingly compete with patent-protected, for-profit innovations in many parts of the economy. The research: Recent studies of representative samples of adults in the U.S., Japan, and the UK have found that many consumer products are developed by consumers themselves instead of by companies intending to […] -
Can Science Be a Business? Lessons from Biotech
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleIn 1976, Genentech, the first biotechnology company, was founded by a young venture capitalist and a university professor to exploit recombinant DNA technology.... -
Pirates Inside
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleCorporations that talk tough about cracking down on intellectual property theft need to look closely at their own organizations.
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Generative AI Has an Intellectual Property Problem
Intellectual property Digital ArticleStrategies to help companies mitigate the legal risk and ensure they’re in compliance with the law. -
Your Company’s Data Is for Sale on the Dark Web. Should You Buy It Back?
Business ethics Digital ArticlePaying for stolen data — even when it’s your own — comes with substantial legal and reputational risks. -
Big Tech Has a Patent Violation Problem
Intellectual property Digital ArticleCongress needs to make it easier to enforce IP protections. -
Elon Musk Doesn’t Care About Patents. Should You?
Strategy Digital ArticleToday’s most successful companies are rethinking traditional notions of ownership. -
Is China Actually Stealing American Jobs and Wealth?
National competitiveness Digital ArticleIt’s a political talking point, so let’s look at the data. -
3 Myths About China’s IP Regime
Business law Digital ArticleFears of forced technology transfer are overblown. -
When Fandom Clashes with IP Law
Intellectual property Digital ArticleShould companies control all the ways people experience art? -
Why Companies Shouldn’t Be Allowed to Treat Their Diversity Numbers as Trade Secrets
Intellectual property ResearchSome tech firms are going out of their way to avoid uncomfortable disclosures. -
How Trade Secrets Hurt Innovation
Intellectual property ResearchThey restrict employee mobility. -
How the U.S., the EU, and Japan Are Trying to Rein in China's State Capitalism
Global Business Digital ArticleAt the top of the agenda are protecting IP and curbing state subsidies. -
Patent Trolling Isn’t Dead — It’s Just Moving to Delaware
Intellectual property ResearchThe recent Supreme Court ruling wasn’t a cure-all. -
The Uber-Waymo Lawsuit: It Should Be Easy to Poach Talent, But Not IP
Hiring and recruitment Digital ArticleNoncompetes are bad for innovation; protecting information is essential. -
How an Airplane Laptop Ban Would Expose Company Data to Espionage
Intellectual property Digital ArticleAnd how business travelers can respond. -
What the Rise of Russian Hackers Means for Your Business
Intellectual property Digital ArticleMake yourself a harder target. -
Blockchain Could Help Artists Profit More from Their Creative Works
Intellectual property Digital ArticleMovie studios and record companies should take note. -
Leading in a World Without Secrets
Leadership Digital ArticleChief Security Officers have some tough choices to make. -
Industrial Espionage Is More Effective Than R&D
National competitiveness Magazine ArticleTwo researchers look at the economic returns that spying produced during the Cold War. -
What the U.S. Should Be Doing to Protect Intellectual Property
Intellectual property Digital ArticleInnovation deserves protection. -
Everyday Business Travelers Are Easy Targets for Espionage
Intellectual property Digital ArticleTwelve ways to make yourself a harder target. -
The Weird Rules Governing What We Download
Intellectual property Digital ArticleDRM doesn’t protect content creators, and consumers hate it.
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Intellectual Ventures Update 2020
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details After raising $6 billion and buying 60,000 patents, Intellectual Venture was confronted with a changing legal environment. A number of important legal... -
TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT PARTNERS - Confidential Instructions for the V.P. of Engineering at TEP
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Whiskey and Cheddar: Ingredient Branding at the Caesan Cheese Cooperative, Spanish Version
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details The Caesan Cheese Cooperative is considering introducing a new high-quality, high-margin artisan whiskey cheddar cheese. Deidra Kelly, vice president... -
Sunitha Nath Boutiques: Intellectual Property Rights (C)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details This is Case C in a three-case series. In December 2015, the managing director and chief executive officer of Sunitha Nath Boutiques in Bengaluru, discovered... -
TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT PARTNERS - Confidential Instructions for the V.P. of Sales at TEP
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Strategy Reading: Sustaining Competitive Advantage
Strategy & Execution Tool15.90View Details This Reading examines the challenge of achieving sustained, superior profitability. It begins by considering some trends in financial returns that raise... -
Building an Integrated Biopharma Company: Crucell (A)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details By 2009, Crucell had become the largest biopharma company in the Netherlands and a symbol of national pride. The case traces the evolution of the company... -
AIDS in Brazil
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Abbott Labs has reached an impasse with the Brazilian government in negotiations over the pricing of a new anti-AIDS drug, Kaletra. The Brazilian government... -
Disney Consumer Products: Marketing Nutrition to Children
Sales & Marketing Case Study6.95View Details In an effort to capture market share in the children's foods category, Disney Consumer Products (DCP) debuted a broad line of "better for you" foods,... -
Frasier (A), Japanese Version
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details In 2001, NBC entered into contract negotiations with Paramount Television Group to keep the hit show "Frasier" on the network. Paramount, the studio that... -
QUALCOMM, Inc. 2004
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details QUALCOMM, Inc. had transitioned from a fledgling startup into a Fortune 500 wireless technology leader. Its CDMA technology was considered the preeminent... -
Marvel Enterprises, Inc. (Abridged), Portuguese Version
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details The management team of Marvel Enterprises, known for its universe of superhero characters that includes Spider-Man, the Hulk, and X-Men, must reevaluate... -
iBasis, Inc.
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details iBasis examines the development of a long-term relationship between equipment manufacturer Cisco and start-up iBasis, a voice-over-internet wholesaler.... -
Match and Mismatch: The Wahaha-Danone Dispute
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details China's leading beverage company, Hangzhou Wahaha Group (Wahaha), and the French beverage giant, Groupe Danone (Danone), formed a strategic Joint Venture... -
A Leader's Guide to Cybersecurity: Why Boards Need to Lead--and How to Do It
Cybersecurity threats are on the rise. As a leader, you need to be prepared to keep your organization safe. Companies are investing an unprecedented amount... -
Regecell, Inc.
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Regecell is an early-stage biotechnology company about to begin Phase I clinical trials. The company is considering whether to build in-house manufacturing... -
Intellectual Property Strategy
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Managing intellectual property (IP) in information technology-digital technologies like software or computing hardware-requires a distinct strategic approach.... -
AKB48: Going Global? (B)
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details After a remarkable success in Japan, the producer of the Japanese female singing group AKB48 evaluates market opportunities overseas for his artistic... -
Burroughs Wellcome and AZT (A)
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details Burroughs Wellcome Co., developer of AZT, the first drug approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of Acquired Immune Deficiency...
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Generative AI Has an Intellectual Property Problem
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleStrategies to help companies mitigate the legal risk and ensure they're in compliance with the law. -
Can Creative Firms Thrive Without Copyright? Value Generation and Capture from Private-Collective Innovation
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleAccounts of the copyright industries in national reports suggest that strong intellectual property (IP) rights support creative firms. However, mounting... -
Intellectual Ventures Update 2020
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details After raising $6 billion and buying 60,000 patents, Intellectual Venture was confronted with a changing legal environment. A number of important legal... -
Treat Employees like Adults
Intellectual property Magazine ArticlePeople aren’t getting dumber, but they’re often treated that way. Politicians, educators, and the media assume the public is uncomfortable with nuance and grateful for prescribed solutions. Business, too, is being progressively dumbed down, not only by book authors who teach management by parable but also by managers themselves. Ironically, the infantilization of work is […] -
Black Duck Software, Teaching Note
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleTeaching Note to 806121. -
TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT PARTNERS - Confidential Instructions for the V.P. of Engineering at TEP
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details Two-team, six-party, four-issue negotiation between representatives of two corporations setting up a simultaneous high-tech joint venture and purchasing... -
Primateria AB: Scaling Up and Protecting IP, Teaching Note
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleTeaching Note for Case W24938 -
Whiskey and Cheddar: Ingredient Branding at the Caesan Cheese Cooperative, Spanish Version
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details The Caesan Cheese Cooperative is considering introducing a new high-quality, high-margin artisan whiskey cheddar cheese. Deidra Kelly, vice president... -
What? Me, Worry?
Intellectual property Magazine ArticleMost executives think they’re security conscious—they change their passwords and shred important documents and so forth. But what rarely crosses their minds, says espionage expert H. Keith Melton, is that cloak-and-dagger types really are after their valuables. Just because you’re not paranoid, he observes, doesn’t mean they’re not following you. Melton, the author of Ultimate […] -
3 Myths About China’s IP Regime
Business law Digital ArticleFears of forced technology transfer are overblown.