Intellectual Property and Innovation Management in Small Firms

Intellectual property protection is increasingly becoming a central issue for businesses. This book provides a wealth of original research on intellectual property management in small and medium sized enterprises, while also addressing the context of innovation and knowledge management.

1. Introduction John Adams 2. Overview: the context, IP in SMEs Robert Blackburn 3. A strategic approach to managing intellectual property Duncan Matthews, John Pickering and John Kirkland 4. Copyright protection strategies by small textile firms Keith Dickson, Anne-Marie Coles and Adrian Woods 5. IP in Biotechnology firms Sandra Thomas 6. Management of IP by electronic publishers Puay Tang 7. Controlling intellectual property across the high-tech frontier: university spin-offs, SMEs, and the science base A.J. Webster, B. Rappert and D.R. Charles 8. Worlds apart: patent information and innovation in SMEs Stuart MacDonald 9. Barriers to the use of patent information in SMEs M. Hall, Charles Oppenheim and Maggie Sheen