Elements and Performance Criteria
- Evaluate approaches to the management of intellectual property
- Analyse strategic and operational plans to determine intellectual property requirements
- Identify sources of information and advice regarding approaches to the best practice management of intellectual property
- Determine the implications and potential strategic advantage from protection of intellectual property
- Determine the implications and potential strategic advantage from adopting a collaborative approach to intellectual property
- Determine the implications and potential strategic advantage from adopting an open source approach to intellectual property
- Establish a strategy for managing intellectual property
- Develop an intellectual property strategy for management and use of own and others’ intellectual property in line with the organisation’s strategic goals or plans
- Examine requirements and options for commercialisation or effective use of intellectual property
- Establish required documentation for the management of the intellectual property strategy
- Develop strategies for addressing intellectual property infringement
- Ensure intellectual property strategy complies with legislative requirements and organisational policies
- Communicate intellectual property strategy to key stakeholders within the organisation and externally
- Evaluate proposed intellectual property strategy
- Obtain legal and other professional advice regarding the proposed intellectual property management strategy
- Identify and evaluate the benefits from the proposed intellectual property management strategy
- Identify and evaluate the disadvantages, costs and risks of the proposed intellectual property management strategy
- Adjust strategy according to legal advice and evaluation
- Establish, document and present the business case for adopting the proposed intellectual property management strategy to senior management, directors and other key stakeholders
- Implement and monitor the intellectual property management strategy