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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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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. -
Predicting the Present
Strategic planning Magazine ArticleThe Idea in Brief Science fiction writer Cory Doctorow shares his insights on how technology and the internet are changing society and the economy in the twenty-first century. Far from dumbing down people or giving government and business too much power, technology and the internet are great enablers of individual freedom. The internet provides universal […] -
Needed: A New System of Intellectual Property Rights
Intellectual property Magazine ArticleSqueezing today’s innovations into yesterday’s system simply won’t work. -
The CEO of Novartis on Growing After a Patent Cliff
Accounting Magazine ArticleWhen blockbuster drugs give way to generics, pharmaceutical companies like Novartis must find new ways to grow. -
Patent Trolling Isn’t Dead — It’s Just Moving to Delaware
Intellectual property ResearchThe recent Supreme Court ruling wasn’t a cure-all. -
Pirates Inside
Organizational culture Magazine ArticleCorporations battle intellectual property theft in courtrooms, through international agencies, and with embedded technologies. But while these organizations turn a fierce antipiracy face to the world, many of their employees are blithely downloading or swapping files illegally—and doing it at work. Tolerance of that behavior sends a mixed message about the organization’s commitment to intellectual […] -
How Trade Secrets Hurt Innovation
Innovation & Entrepreneurship ResearchThey restrict employee mobility. -
License to Overkill
Intellectual property Magazine ArticleWhen a property’s hot, you’ve got to move fast—and Baby Ruby is sizzling. But will overexposure cool the public’s adoration of this lovable, lucrative character? -
Can You Patent Your Business Model?
Intellectual property Magazine ArticleThe short answer is no, says the head of the U.S. patent office, but you can patent specific ways of doing business. And that, he contends, is a good thing for innovation. -
In Accusing Microsoft, Google Doth Protest Too Much
Web-based technologies Digital ArticleGoogle has sparked a media uproar by alleging that Bing “copies” Google results. Bing unequivocally denied it. What’s going on? When a user runs certain features — parts of Bing Toolbar or IE8’s Related Sites — the user’s browser sends Microsoft information about the pages the user views. Knowing about this feature, Google staged a […] -
3 Myths About China’s IP Regime
Business law Digital ArticleFears of forced technology transfer are overblown. -
Can Science Be a Business?: Lessons from Biotech
Intellectual property Magazine ArticleBiotech has not delivered on its promise because the industry’s structure—much of it borrowed from Silicon Valley—is flawed. Businesses engaged in advancing basic science as a core activity need a new design. -
Breakthrough ideas for 2006
Intellectual property Magazine ArticleOur annual survey of emerging ideas considers the single most important trait of future leaders, the marketing potential of digitally split personalities, a challenge tougher than managing risk, and the best hope for oil-importing countries. -
When Your Contract Manufacturer Becomes Your Competitor
Intellectual property Magazine ArticleContract manufacturers cut OEMs’ costs and free up capital. But the hungry ones are starting to bite the hand that feeds them. Smart OEMs know how to keep such hazards under control. -
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. -
The Overlicensed Society
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleUnemployment rates remain high in this sluggish recovery period, but many places in the United States require more and more workers to be licensed in... -
Give a Little, Get a Little
Intellectual property Magazine ArticleMost companies view handing intellectual property to an outsourcer as delivering the castle keys to marauders. Outsourcers need access to customer names, automated business processes, and their clients’ homegrown software to do their jobs. But unscrupulous contractors can also do a job on clients. Businesses such as Apple Computer and Pearl Investments, a Portland, Maine–based […] -
Will Our Partner Steal Our IP? (HBR Case Study)
Global Business Magazine ArticleA Taiwanese manufacturer of hybrid-car parts faces risks to its proprietary technology in its partnership with a Chinese automaker. Case Study authored... -
How an Airplane Laptop Ban Would Expose Company Data to Espionage
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleAnd how business travelers can respond. -
Safeguarding Your Critical Business Information
Intellectual property Magazine ArticleWhat works for media companies may work for you, too.
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Note on Application of the Antitrust Laws to the New Economy: An Analysis of United States vs. Microsoft Corp., Spanish Version
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Analyzes the 1991 decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in the seminal New Economy antitrust case United States vs.... -
Legal Considerations When Writing Case Studies
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details If the company refuses to sign the case release, can I disguise material and use it in my business case? Is it okay to use part of this quote in my case... -
Warner Bros. and BitTorrent
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Involves the copyright issues associated with Bram Cohen's revolutionary program BitTorrent, which makes it possible to transfer very large files, such... -
Reverse Engineering, Learning, and Innovation
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details This background reading looks at reverse engineering in the context of piracy and knock-offs in emerging markets like China. It first considers legal... -
Ensighten
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Focuses on a small start-up software company engaged in a negotiation over its software licensing agreement with a very large potential client. The entrepreneur... -
Calvin Klein, Inc. vs. Warnaco Group, Inc.
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details On May 30, 2000, Calvin Klein, Inc. (CKI) filed suit against Warnaco Group, Inc. and Linda Wachner, its CEO, for breaching its jeanswear licensing and... -
A Leader's Guide to Cybersecurity: Why Boards Need to Lead--and How to Do It
35.00View Details 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... -
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.... -
Cipla Global Ltd.: Generics versus Drug Discovery
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Cipla Global Ltd. (CGL) is a real-life, undisguised decision case. CGL is one of India's top pharmaceutical companies. Thanks to India's process patent... -
Rambus Inc., 2004
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Examines the role of technology licensing in strategies for high-technology companies. In the 1990s, Rambus developed a revolutionary memory technology... -
Marvel Enterprises, Inc., Spanish 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... -
Keyssa: Unraveling the Laws of Physics
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details "Keyssa: Unraveling the Laws of Physics" explores the challenges associated with growing a start-up around a brand new technology. In October 2012, Eric... -
Jurassic Park, Spanish Version
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details Managers at MCA/Universal Merchandising are reviewing worldwide merchandising and licensing arrangements for the movie Jurassic Park. -
Black Duck Software
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Black Duck Software involves a venture-backed start-up that converted software developers' concerns about violating copyright licensing agreements or... -
Intellectual Property Intermediaries
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details During the past five to 10 years, several different intermediation business models have emerged for the intellectual property (IP) market. This note describes... -
Shutout Solutions
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details After working together on a university business plan, two entrepreneurs had worked for three years to develop their venture: Shutout Solutions Inc. Their... -
Quilts of Denmark: Managing Open Innovation
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Quilts of Denmark was a Danish start-up company founded in 2000 with the goal of producing high-quality, functional quilts and pillows that contributed... -
Qualcomm Inc., 2019
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details This case is set in mid-2019, when Qualcomm was struggling with unwanted take-over battles, fights with Apple and the Chinese government, and internal... -
ALZA and Bio-Electro Systems (A): Technological and Financial Innovation
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details To develop the next generation of risky products, ALZA, a mature and profitable biotechnology firm specializing in drug delivery systems, must raise $40...
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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. -
Note on Application of the Antitrust Laws to the New Economy: An Analysis of United States vs. Microsoft Corp., Spanish Version
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Analyzes the 1991 decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in the seminal New Economy antitrust case United States vs.... -
Predicting the Present
Strategic planning Magazine ArticleThe Idea in Brief Science fiction writer Cory Doctorow shares his insights on how technology and the internet are changing society and the economy in the twenty-first century. Far from dumbing down people or giving government and business too much power, technology and the internet are great enablers of individual freedom. The internet provides universal […] -
Needed: A New System of Intellectual Property Rights
Intellectual property Magazine ArticleSqueezing today’s innovations into yesterday’s system simply won’t work. -
Legal Considerations When Writing Case Studies
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details If the company refuses to sign the case release, can I disguise material and use it in my business case? Is it okay to use part of this quote in my case... -
Entrepreneurs: Invent a Brand Name or Revive an Old One?
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleDiscusses launching an entrepreneurial venture by acquiring a once popular brand name and reviving it. Ten executives were interviewed who acquired dormant... -
Warner Bros. and BitTorrent
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Involves the copyright issues associated with Bram Cohen's revolutionary program BitTorrent, which makes it possible to transfer very large files, such... -
The CEO of Novartis on Growing After a Patent Cliff
Accounting Magazine ArticleWhen blockbuster drugs give way to generics, pharmaceutical companies like Novartis must find new ways to grow. -
Reverse Engineering, Learning, and Innovation
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details This background reading looks at reverse engineering in the context of piracy and knock-offs in emerging markets like China. It first considers legal... -
Patent Trolling Isn’t Dead — It’s Just Moving to Delaware
Intellectual property ResearchThe recent Supreme Court ruling wasn’t a cure-all.