Intellectual Property Case Study
1. Can you describe the nature and types of intellectual property theft in the military sphere? Provide at least two concrete examples?
Intellectual property, including patents, copyrights, and trade secrets, increasingly dominates the exports of advanced economies. However, intellectual property is uniquely vulnerable to appropriation, whether by states, firms, or individuals. Consequently, exporters like the United States have taken increasingly aggresive steps to protect their intellectual property owners and producers. Some of the most significant complaints made by the United States against China have involved poor enforcement of intellectual property law.
The economic relevance of intellectual property extends into the military sphere. …show more content…
In 19th and 20th centuries, the nature the governments actively practices industrial espionage, dispatching agents to foreign countries in order to steal secrets and bring them back to domestic producers. Despite the potential for glamour and drama, the fruits of industrial espionage, especially in the defense sector, are generally thought to have been limited.
An increasing proportion of the value of military equipment, as with many modern products, lies in its intellectual property. High technology components, often produced by a variety of subcontractors, can define the capabilities of a system. Similarly, software code (potentially accessible through cyber-espionage) is necessary for most complex systems to function properly.
Intellectual proerty law has grown considerably more sophisticated over the past decades, in both its domestic and international components. The expansion of public private collaboration in defense, as well as the emergence of new contributors to defense technology, has incread the complexity of the intellectual properly calculations facing businesses, government and the law firms that mediate between …show more content…
Whether you are looking to shortcut Research and Development challenges, leap-frocompetition, or command premium pricing through brand affiliation, Intellectual Property regimes can colaborate more with corporations escepacially from arm producers. The approach licensing is in a clear way, straight-forward way with a focus on achieving mutual success. The colaboration of the two parties between intellectual property rights with arm producers corporations is also in the form of techonology licensing with expertise across a wide variety of vital military
Intellectual property, including patents, copyrights, and trade secrets, increasingly dominates the exports of advanced economies. However, intellectual property is uniquely vulnerable to appropriation, whether by states, firms, or individuals. Consequently, exporters like the United States have taken increasingly aggresive steps to protect their intellectual property owners and producers. Some of the most significant complaints made by the United States against China have involved poor enforcement of intellectual property law.
The economic relevance of intellectual property extends into the military sphere. …show more content…
In 19th and 20th centuries, the nature the governments actively practices industrial espionage, dispatching agents to foreign countries in order to steal secrets and bring them back to domestic producers. Despite the potential for glamour and drama, the fruits of industrial espionage, especially in the defense sector, are generally thought to have been limited.
An increasing proportion of the value of military equipment, as with many modern products, lies in its intellectual property. High technology components, often produced by a variety of subcontractors, can define the capabilities of a system. Similarly, software code (potentially accessible through cyber-espionage) is necessary for most complex systems to function properly.
Intellectual proerty law has grown considerably more sophisticated over the past decades, in both its domestic and international components. The expansion of public private collaboration in defense, as well as the emergence of new contributors to defense technology, has incread the complexity of the intellectual properly calculations facing businesses, government and the law firms that mediate between …show more content…
Whether you are looking to shortcut Research and Development challenges, leap-frocompetition, or command premium pricing through brand affiliation, Intellectual Property regimes can colaborate more with corporations escepacially from arm producers. The approach licensing is in a clear way, straight-forward way with a focus on achieving mutual success. The colaboration of the two parties between intellectual property rights with arm producers corporations is also in the form of techonology licensing with expertise across a wide variety of vital military