Harvesting External Innovation: Managing External Relationships and Intellectual Property

by Donal O'Connell

Overview

Harvesting External Innovation addresses the growing phenomenon of companies cooperating and collaborating with a variety of external parties. Intellectual property, especially patents, plays a fundamental role promoting and protecting innovation, regardless of whether that innovation comes from internal employees or persons external to the company. Donal O'Connell discusses in depth how best to handle intellectual property matters, how to actually work with external inventors and how to handle their inventions. It includes a suggested process and check list.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781409459132
Publisher:	Ashgate Publishing Ltd
Publication date:	09/01/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Donal O'Connell is Adjunct Professor at Imperial College Business School and the Owner and Managing Director of Chawton Innovation Services Ltd, offering consultancy, coaching and training in the areas of innovation and intellectual property management. A former Director of Intellectual Property Rights at Nokia, he has a long and varied experience in the global wireless telecommunications industry, having worked for periods in UK, USA, Finland, and Hong Kong. Donal graduated from the National Institute of Higher Education, Limerick, Ireland, with a Degree in Electronic Engineering. Donal has already published one book on patent creation called 'Inside the Patent Factory', (Wiley & Sons, 2008).

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements, Preface, Chapter 1 Not All the Smart People Work for You, Chapter 2 Innovation, Chapter 3 External Innovation, Chapter 4 The External Innovator Community, Chapter 5 Intellectual Property, Chapter 6 Different Approaches, Chapter 7 How to Handle Intellectual Property Matters, Chapter 8 Intellectual Property Terms and Conditions, Chapter 9 Dealing with External Inventors, Chapter 10 Working with Universities, Chapter 11 Working with Your Suppliers, Chapter 12 Innovating with Communities, Chapter 13 Joe Public, Chapter 14 Open Standards and Intellectual Property, Chapter 15 Help and Support, Chapter 16 The Key to Success, Chapter 17 Conclusion, Index