Title :
Changing roles of intellectual property division in Japanese firms
Author :
Hirata, Tom ; Nagata, Akiya ; Toyama, Ryoko ; Sasaki, Tatsuya ; Koichi, Hasegawa
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Manage. & Inf., Toyama Coll., Japan
Abstract :
During the latter half of the 1980s and 1990s, many Japanese companies changed the name of their patent division (or section) to "intellectual property division". It was not just a change of name, but also a reorganization to review the function of their patent division. In this study, the authors analyze a functional transition of "intellectual property division" and background factors for such changes by using the case studies of Japanese companies
Keywords :
industrial property; patents; product development; research and development management; Japan; R&D management; case studies; companies; intellectual property division; new product development; patent division; Educational institutions; Information management; Intellectual property; Knowledge management; Law; Legal factors; Licenses; Research and development; Technology management; US Government;
Conference_Titel :
Management of Engineering and Technology, 2001. PICMET '01. Portland International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Portland, OR
Print_ISBN :
1-890843-06-7
DOI :
10.1109/PICMET.2001.951724
