Industry 4.0: Horizontal Integration and Intellectual Property Law Strategies In England

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https://doi.org/10.12662/2447-6641oj.v16i23.p268-289.2018

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Fourth Industrial Revolution, Intellectual Property, Business Strategy, Intellectual Property Strategy

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Intellectual Property (IP) is increasingly recognised as a paramount intangible asset influencing the value of companies, as well as their corporate strategies and management. This paper focuses on the impact of implementing Industry 4.0 (I4.0) on the management of IP in collaborative inter-organisational interconnected networks. Such interconnected networks will allow groups of companies, often competitors and/or customers, to share data and to collaborate in the design, development and manufacture of complex products and/or services, exchanging large amounts of proprietary technical data. Furthermore, this paper explores how companies can benefit from the interconnected network capabilities, whilst protecting them from any risks regarding the vulnerability of IP assets to misappropriation, unauthorized use or leakage. The focus of this study is the UK manufacturing industry, where formal contractual tools are being deployed to support IP management in collaborative projects. It relies on an in-depth study of IP management practices in the UK manufacturing supply chain to critically assess the current state of practice in order to provide answers to the risks emanating from IP management in this new and complex collaborative setting. This paper concludes that IP and contractual tools deployed in this new environment must be underpinned by the business strategy and the business model. In addition, changes to organisational structures are necessary to bring together functions that typically operate in silos in many manufacturing businesses, namely: Engineering, Information Technology, Commercial and Legal Departments.

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Marcelo Negri Soares, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Faculdade Nacional de Direito; Professor Permanente do Programa de Mestrado em Ciências Jurídicas da Unicesumar.

Advogado, Contabilista, Professor e Escritor. Pós-Doutorado pela Universidade Nove de Julho - São Paulo (2017). Doutor em Direito pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (2013). Mestre pela mesma PUC-SP (2005). Graduado em Direito pela Universidade Estadual de Maringá no Paraná (1997). Especialista em Direito Processual pela Universidade Paulista (1998), em Direito Comercial pelo Mackenzie (2006), em Direito Público pela Escola Federal de Direito (2008). Formado em Contabilidade pelo Instituto de Educação Estadual de Maringá (1989).

Marcos Eduardo Kauffman, Coventry University-U.K./Centre for Business in Society – Faculty of Business and Law.

Doctorate Student, Centre for Business in Society – Faculty of Business and Law – Coventry University.

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2018-07-01

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