Webinar: Open Innovation and Intellectual Property

The CIPA website announced a webinar noting that Open Innovation and Intellectual Property Rights are seemingly concepts that are at odds.  The idea that there be a flow of ideas into and out of an organization to the benefit of all parties certainly presents challenges to patent attorneys.  The prevailing view of IP as an exclusive right requires modification to support a strategy incorporating open innovation.  If used appropriately, IP can actually be an enabler of open innovation, and enhance the returns on such an approach. This webinar will explore some of the traditional as well as newer constructs for open innovation and present potential structural and execution pitfalls for parties to avoid.  The speakers will draw on case-studies to illustrate how to get it right (and wrong), and share some valuable best practices based on their personal experience.

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