Awareness on IPR
Organizations like us - practically all organizations in fact - create, own, share and exploit a vast wealth of valuable information known as I ntellectual P roperty. IP generally deserves and often requires proactive protection against threats such as plagiarism and piracy, even if it is deliberately published or disclosed: IP R ights are more than simply a confidentiality or secrecy issue. IPR infringements cause both direct and indirect impacts on the rightful IP owners, including loss of income, brand devaluation and competitive disadvantage. These are serious commercial issues. If awareness of the risks associated with disclosing IP is an important first step on the way to securing it, finding out how to bring the risks under control and enforce your IPR is step two. IPR-related laws such as copyright, trademarks and patents are the most obvious type of IPR controls but others are covered by agreements and contracts....