Engineers and scientists engaged in creative works, inventions, and innovations - as part of the free-enterprise, free-market system - must understand what Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) are and know how to strategically use them to create competitive advantage, wealth, and value. An acknowledged, major contributing factor to non-awareness amongst technical audience is the lack of availability of easily-understandable, business-relevant, and comprehensive books on the subject, that scientists and engineers can access. This book will provide comprehensive, easy-to-understand, innovation management perspectives on a wide range of IPRs for practicing scientists and engineers.
Key Features:
• One-stop shop for valuable information on all forms of IPRs for technical audience
• Strong innovation management component along the lines of technology for business and innovations for customers, and IP laws for protecting and unlocking the value of creative works, inventions, and innovations
• Gives easy-to-read, easy-to-follow innovation management perspectives
• Emphasizes IPR-related topics of practical relevance
• Compares the IP Systems of United States and others (EU, China & India)
