Title: A framework to comprehend the position of intellectual property rights in complex organisational capital

Authors: Gouri Gargate; Karuna Jain

Addresses: Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management, IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai – 400 076, India ' Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management, IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai – 400 076, India

Abstract: The objective of this paper is to provide an IC-FC-OC-IPR framework for efficient intellectual property management (IPM) of an organisation. The nature of this research is exploratory. The framework describes context and position of intellectual property rights in a complex organisational capital and acts as a starting-point for researchers to do research in an area of IPM. Three new constructs are introduced which will categorise IPM at three different levels. IPM activity matrices can be developed using three constructs and related three measurement parameters suggested in the paper. Integration of innovation process and IPM is practiced in Fortune 500 organisations but considering organisations in developing world, the scenario is different. These organisations are struggling for efficient IPM. This paper gives structured framework to address this research gap. The limitation of this paper is that the framework has been validated in electrical industry sector.

Keywords: intellectual property rights; IPR; intellectual property management; intellectual capital; financial capital; innovation; organisational capital; integrated IPM; intellectual property portfolio; intangible assets; IP strategy; electrical industry.

DOI: 10.1504/IJIPM.2013.056241

International Journal of Intellectual Property Management, 2013 Vol.6 No.3, pp.201 - 216

Received: 29 Jan 2013
Accepted: 16 Feb 2013
Published online: 31 Mar 2014 *

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