The maritime sector has a tradition of carelessness when it comes to IP protection. Outstanding engineers constantly develop new solutions. They are discussed with colleagues, presented at conferences and exchanged with business partners. While focusing on the technology development, the commercial implications are not taken into account. Contract clauses on IP are rarely aspect of heavy negotiations. Often companies or their employees are publicizing their inventions before filing any patent. In many European research projects, due to their dissemination requirements or driven by individual commercial interests, the research results funded by European taxpayers' money are risking being leaked to third countries.
Intellectual Property Protection
Lanfranco Benedetti
2011
Abstract
The maritime sector has a tradition of carelessness when it comes to IP protection. Outstanding engineers constantly develop new solutions. They are discussed with colleagues, presented at conferences and exchanged with business partners. While focusing on the technology development, the commercial implications are not taken into account. Contract clauses on IP are rarely aspect of heavy negotiations. Often companies or their employees are publicizing their inventions before filing any patent. In many European research projects, due to their dissemination requirements or driven by individual commercial interests, the research results funded by European taxpayers' money are risking being leaked to third countries.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
