Converting Intellectual Assets into Property
8 Pages Posted: 30 Jul 2008 Last revised: 9 Jan 2015
Date Written: July 26, 2008
Abstract
This paper introduces ways to serve the commercial need to optimize protection for intangible firm capital or assets by taking advantage of options provided by copyrights, patents, trademarks, and trade secrets. Although published in Corporate Counsel's Quarterly in 2002, its guidance remains current.
Keywords: intellectual assets, intellectual capital, knowledge assets, knowledge officers, patents, copyrights, trade secrets, trademarks
JEL Classification: K23
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Field, Thomas G., Converting Intellectual Assets into Property (July 26, 2008). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1178937 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1178937
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