In the knowledge economy it is vital to protect knowledge. Unique knowledge and know-how essentially give the knowledge entrepreneur or business the edge over the competition.
To that end patents are instrumental. Registering inventions by means of a patent allows inventions to be licensed or, alternately, exclusively retained. Holding one or several patents can often be an asset when seeking venture capital.
Knowledge can also be exploited in the form of know-how licenses. A license of this type enables a business to purchase or sell knowledge. This can be carried out in combination with a patent license, but pure know-how licenses or technology licenses are also possible. A technology license can prove worthwhile, for software in particular.
Arnoud Engelfriet, partner at Legal ICT, is a Dutch and European patent attorney. He has more than ten years’ experience of complex ICT technology, software, patents and protection and exploitation options.
With the help from a well executed Privacy Impact Assessment you document which data are going to be collected, why this is needed, how the data are going to be used and shared, and how the security of that is guaranteed. When the Global Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into effect on the 25th of May 2018, PIA’s are mandatory in certain situations.
One single negative comment from one of your employees can have a huge impact on your reputation. Hence, why a social media code of conduct is necessary.
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