MarkCrest – Step 4 | IP Policies, Compliance, Code, Violations
When you have created a plan you then need to put in place protocols either personally or corporately on how to manage the newly protected IP.
Unless you have developed an all seeing eye by yourself it is important to have policies in place not only for your interaction with your IP also any interaction with corporate IP.
Even in the IP professional community there are many human resources that attend to different part of intellectual property compliance as well as community activities. It is important to teach all your team mates on the importance of IP safety and how to interact with anyone that has question or inquiries or generally wants to understand better the reason why you need these protections. It is not uncommon for team mates or people within organizations to unwittingly disclose information that compromises your IP and the future of its value.
If you have a business or enterprise it is made from its personnel. They are the human beings that perform the day-to-day affairs and it is essential your personnel understand what is safe disclosure and when a Non-Disclosure Agreement is required.
It is simply pragmatic to prepare a code of behavior for everyone that interacts with your IP within your community or organization so they do not inadvertently reveal or infringe IP. A code of behavior is a compilation of policies that decide suitable conduct from irrelevant conduct.
It is also important that you communicate consequences of violating the code and that they are primarily based on the totality of the infraction, and will vary from a “slap at the wrist” to termination or either working with you on the project or termination within an organization.
Preservation of assets is essential and the gravity of their value need to be clear to all an d that failing to guard IP assets is not akin to borrowing a business enterprise stapler rather to giving away the core of the enterprise. That it will devalue the significance of the IP and as a result of any future for that asset. Team mates need to be vigilant and conscious of the significance of these assets.
The code of behavior needs to consist with the character of the proprietary information or what is fair. Something else to consider is the need to provide those who interact with the IP a street like or laymans description concerning the character of any business enterprise information and value.
The other option is to have an individual or outside firm work with your team or personnel on any inquiries in terms of compliance. Policies are part of the process of maintaining integrity of the IP.
Step 3: Plan
Life goes on and things happen even though IP has been protected. What you have created and protected needs attention too. Click here...
Step 5: Access
Access is a major threat and can be a potential blow to you or the organization if the individual or employee has not agreed to protocols for which the IP is to to be managed. Click here...
Steps 5 to 7 - Access, Agreements, Ownership
Important steps to monetization. Create policies surrounding your intellectual property. Understand what access means and how to protect. Create agreements to protect access and value. Document ownership.
Steps 8 to 10 - Audits, Infringement, Documentation
It is important to audit your intellectual property and status of each asset. It is also important to understand what infringement means and the best way to approach whether you are infringing or being infringed. Documentation will ultimately be the most important piece of the monetization process. Think of it as a documented audit trail.