02 — Capability · BC-150.30
Intellectual Property
Secure rights over what the enterprise invents, names and creates, license them on terms that pay, and act when others use them without permission.
- IP Management
- Patents and Trademarks
- IP Licensing
In scope
- Patent and trademark filing and portfolio management
- Trade secret and copyright protection
- IP licensing and enforcement
Out of scope
- The research that produces inventions (see BC-520)
- Brand identity design (see BC-420)
Decomposes into · 4
- BC-150.30.10Patent Portfolio ManagementDecide which inventions to patent and where, file and prosecute them, and prune the portfolio of patents no longer worth their fees.
- BC-150.30.20Trademark & Brand ProtectionRegister and defend the names, marks and designs the enterprise trades under, in every market it uses them.
- BC-150.30.30Trade Secret ProtectionIdentify confidential know-how and keep it secret through agreements, access limits and the discipline to use them.
- BC-150.30.40IP Licensing & EnforcementLicense rights in and out on sound terms and pursue infringement where the value justifies it.