02 — Capability · BC-520.50
Intellectual Property
Recognize when research has produced something worth protecting, secure the rights to it, and manage those rights as assets that can be used, licensed or defended.
- IP Management
- Patents & Trade Secrets
In scope
- Invention disclosure and patent filing decisions
- Trade secret identification and protection
- IP portfolio maintenance and licensing
Out of scope
- Legal prosecution and enforcement of IP rights (see BC-150)
- Trademark and brand asset management (see BC-420)
Decomposes into · 3
- BC-520.50.10Invention DisclosureGive researchers a simple way to report something potentially novel, and review each disclosure for whether and how to protect it.
- BC-520.50.20IP Portfolio ManagementTrack filed, granted and expiring rights, what each one covers and what it costs to keep, and prune the ones no longer worth holding.
- BC-520.50.30Trade Secret ProtectionIdentify know-how that is more valuable kept quiet than patented, and put the controls around it that make the secret defensible.