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Industry 4.0: Horizontal Integration and Intellectual Property Law Strategies In England

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In this article, the impact of implementing Industry 40 (I40) on the management of IP in collaborative inter-organisational interconnected networks is investigated in the UK manufacturing industry, where formal contractual tools are being deployed to support IP management in collaborative projects.
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Intellectual Property (IP) is increasingly recognised as a paramount intangible asset influencing the value of companies, as well as their corporate strategies and management This paper focuses on the impact of implementing Industry 40 (I40) on the management of IP in collaborative inter-organisational interconnected networks Such interconnected networks will allow groups of companies, often competitors and/or customers, to share data and to collaborate in the design, development and manufacture of complex products and/or services, exchanging large amounts of proprietary technical data Furthermore, this paper explores how companies can benefit from the interconnected network capabilities, whilst protecting them from any risks regarding the vulnerability of IP assets to misappropriation, unauthorized use or leakage The focus of this study is the UK manufacturing industry, where formal contractual tools are being deployed to support IP management in collaborative projects It relies on an in-depth study of IP management practices in the UK manufacturing supply chain to critically assess the current state of practice in order to provide answers to the risks emanating from IP management in this new and complex collaborative setting This paper concludes that IP and contractual tools deployed in this new environment must be underpinned by the business strategy and the business model In addition, changes to organisational structures are necessary to bring together functions that typically operate in silos in many manufacturing businesses, namely: Engineering, Information Technology, Commercial and Legal Departments

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Economy Law and Economic Analysis of Law and the Impact on Intellectual Property in the Common Law System

TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyzed the concept of economics applied to law in order to understand the school's analysis of legal phenomena by economic principles that emerged in 1960 in the United States of America, tracing the impacts on intellectual property law in the Common Law system.
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Stimulasi urgensi perlindungan kekayaan intelektual karya kreatif dan inovatif karya siswa sma negeri 8 bandung dalam mendukung ekonomi digital

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Industry 4.0:The challenges to intellectual property in Manufacturing

Abstract: Intellectual Property (IP) is increasingly recognised as a paramount intangible asset influencing the companies’ value, corporate strategies and its management. This paper focuses on the impact of Industry 4.0 (I4.0) on the management of IP in inter-organisational interconnected collaborative networks. Such interconnected networks will allow groups of companies, often competitors and customers, to share data and to collaborate in the design, development and manufacture of complex products and services, exchanging large amounts of proprietary technical data.This article is part of a larger research project focused in the UK manufacturing industry which relies on an in-depth study of IP management in the UK manufacturing supply chain to critically assess the current practices and to provide recommendations to mitigate the challenges related to IP in this new and complex collaborative setting.The study concludes that IP and contractual tools deployed in this new environment must be underpinned by the business strategy and the business model. In addition, changes to organisational structures are necessary to bring together functions that typically operate in silos in many manufacturing businesses, namely: engineering, information technologies, commercial and legal departments.
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The Success of Technology Transfer in the Industry 4.0 Era: A Systematic Literature Review

TL;DR: In this article , the authors focus on the success factors of technology transfer for I4.0 and identify the kind of government assistance that will help accelerate the transition to Industry 4.0 via technology transfer.
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Ethical issues invoked by Industry 4.0

TL;DR: In this article, the purpose of normative ethics is to scrutinise standards about the rightness and wrongness of actions, the ultimate goal being the identification of the true human good, a rational appeal can be made to normative defensible ethical rules in order to arrive at a judicious, ethically justifiable judgement.
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