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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. -
How Trade Secrets Hurt Innovation
Intellectual property ResearchThey restrict employee mobility. -
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 […] -
When Fandom Clashes with IP Law
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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. -
Will Our Partner Steal Our IP? (Commentary for 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... -
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. -
Turn Your Science into a Business
Innovation Magazine ArticleWhen commercializing scientific discoveries, inventors and firms face several potentially fatal traps. Here’s how to avoid falling into them. -
Think Like an Author, Not an Owner
Economics Digital ArticleThe story of Disney and Pixar. -
Needed: A New System of Intellectual Property Rights
Intellectual property Magazine ArticleSqueezing today’s innovations into yesterday’s system simply won’t work. -
Innovating for Cash
Technology & Operations Magazine ArticleReprint: R0309E Despite companies' almost fanatical worship of innovation, most new products don't generate money. That's because executives don't realize... -
The Science of Thinking Smarter
Intellectual property Magazine ArticleNeuroscience can show managers ways to improve productivity. -
What the Rise of Russian Hackers Means for Your Business
Intellectual property Digital ArticleMake yourself a harder target. -
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. -
Industrial Espionage Is More Effective Than R&D
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleA new study shows that during the Cold War, corporate spying generated significant economic returns for East German companies. It was so successful, in... -
Why Congress Needs to Pass the Innovation Act This Time
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleU.S. patent law is desperate for reform. -
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 […] -
Pirates Inside
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleCorporations that talk tough about cracking down on intellectual property theft need to look closely at their own organizations. -
Blockchain Could Help Artists Profit More from Their Creative Works
Intellectual property Digital ArticleMovie studios and record companies should take note.
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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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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,... -
Note on Application of the Antitrust Laws to the New Economy: An Analysis of United States vs. Microsoft Corp.
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.... -
Kapap Academy: A Hermit Warrior's Mission
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Kapap Academy Pte. Ltd. (Kapap Academy) was established in 2007, following the tragic death of the founder's older brother, with a mission to empower... -
BitTorrent
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details Involves the copyright issues associated with Bram Cohen's revolutionary software program BitTorrent, which makes it possible to transfer very large files,... -
Open Innovation at Huawei
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details This case study focuses on how Huawei had developed and used Huawei Innovation Research Program (HIRP) as its open innovation platform, showing how the... -
Building an Integrated Biopharma Company: Crucell (B)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details The Crucell (B) case updates events at Crucell since 2009. In September, 2009, Johnson & Johnson acquired 18% of Crucell for $400 million. This investment... -
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... -
Sony and the JK Wedding Dance
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details Executives at Sony Music Entertainment faced a dilemma: a user-generated video featuring controversial artist Chris Brown's music was netting millions... -
The Future of Oy Moomin Characters Ltd.
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details The chief executive officer of Oy Moomin Characters Ltd. (Oy Moomin) had dramatically increased revenues since he joined the firm, but breaking into the... -
Marketing New York City
Sales & Marketing Case Study12.00View Details New York City is a pioneer in the emerging field of municipal marketing. The city's first chief marketing officer must develop a marketing organization... -
Nopane Advertising Strategy
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Nopane is a proprietary drug that sells in much of the United States. It faces substantial competition. The brand manager is undertaking an experiment... -
Crisis at the Bally Wedding Dress Company
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Capitalizing on low-cost manufacturing in China, Bally Wedding Dress Company (Bally) had grown quickly by exporting inexpensive wedding dresses to customers... -
Alnylam: Building a Biotechnology Powerhouse
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Alnylam is an early stage biomedical technology focused on commercial development of a novel technology platform, siRNA. This technology offered promise... -
FotoNation: Leveraging International Knowledge Connectivity
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details In 2014, FotoNation, an international venture previously located in Ireland, produced innovative solutions for digital photography from its headquarters... -
CrisisReady: Private Data for Public Good
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details In October 2021, CRISISREADY.io considers how and if it should scale operations. -
AntChain's Blockchain as a Service: Digitising Industry Collaboration
Management Case Study8.95View Details The case describes how AntChain's parent, Ant Group, started to invest in blockchain in 2015 as it believed the technology would build trust between different... -
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... -
TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT PARTNERS - Confidential Instructions for the V.P. of Business Development 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... -
Kings of Crypto: One Startup's Quest to Take Cryptocurrency out of Silicon Valley and Onto Wall Street
Finance & Accounting BookBrian Armstrong stepped onto the stage with quiet confidence. He turned to the audience and shared his idea with the simple slogan: "Coinbase, the easiest... -
Luna Pen (B)
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to case 396156. Presents a series of multiple choice options to be distributed and discussed in class.
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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. -
How Trade Secrets Hurt Innovation
Intellectual property ResearchThey restrict employee mobility. -
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 […] -
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,... -
Note on Application of the Antitrust Laws to the New Economy: An Analysis of United States vs. Microsoft Corp.
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.... -
Kapap Academy: A Hermit Warrior's Mission
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Kapap Academy Pte. Ltd. (Kapap Academy) was established in 2007, following the tragic death of the founder's older brother, with a mission to empower... -
When Fandom Clashes with IP Law
Intellectual property Digital ArticleShould companies control all the ways people experience art? -
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 […] -
How to Hook Knowledge When Angling for Innovation: Learning Through Licensing
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleTo innovate today, there's no escaping the fact that firms will have to learn how to locate and extract valuable knowledge from beyond the boundaries... -
BitTorrent
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details Involves the copyright issues associated with Bram Cohen's revolutionary software program BitTorrent, which makes it possible to transfer very large files,...