Publications

  • Global IP Index 2011

    The Global IP Index presents a comprehensive statistical comparison of IP protection and enforcement in 24 of the world's leading economies, rating each jurisdiction for obtaining and maintaining, exploiting, enforcing and attacking trade marks, patents, ...

  • Harvesting External Innovation: Managing External Relationships and Intellectual Property

    A fundamental change is taking place in the way organisations approach innovation. It involves cooperating and collaborating with external parties in the area of innovation and in the research and development of products and services and is driven by the ...

  • Intellectual Property Manual for the Engineering Team

    The fundamental role of engineers is to use scientific principles to obtain prescribed outcomes through applied engineering processes, although there is some blurring of the boundaries between science and engineering. Where the engineering processes or, e...

  • Intellectual Property: China in the Global Economy - Myth and Reality

    The report - written by China expert and INTIPSA board member Ian Harvey - examines recent developments and debunks some of the myths about the attitudes of businesses and the Chinese state to IP protection.The briefing note concludes that the role of IP ...

  • Inventors' Handbook

    The purpose of this Inventors' Handbook is to provide you with basic guidance on all the key stages of turning an invention into a commercial product. Or perhaps we should say the key stages of turning an idea into an enterprise, if we are to widen our de...

  • IP Filing Strategies

    Most organisations do not have an unlimited budget, nor a fully global market. Therefore, it is important that the decision as to where to file for IP protection is made wisely.

  • IP Handbook of Best Practices

    Prepared by and for policy-makers, leaders of public and private sector research, tech transfer professionals, licensing executives, and scientists, this online resource offers up-to-date information and strategies for utilizing the power of both intellec...

  • Running Efficient and Effective Patent Board Meetings

    This paper describes the purpose of a patent board, the participants, the inputs, the questions to ask, the decision options plus much more. It should be of interest to IP professionals as well as business and technology managers involved in the invention...

  • Talking Guide to IP Strategy

    This video guide to IP strategy, produced by not-for-profit group Knowledge Peers, is aimed at small to medium-sized businesses and start-ups. The guide highlights the various types of IP, the ways you can approach protecting and monetising it, what co...