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IP Strategy for Expanding into China or India Created 2/4/08 by Lilith Anderson In forum Globalization - China and India Not yet tagged |
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Brent Ward 5 posts 2/17/2008 at 04:09 PM
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Are there any studies or reports on the use of OpenSource and/or GPL as a strategy for IP protection in countries where litigation might not yet be an effective approach to defending an IP position? Given the global nature of the internet and software, what megatrends are shaping to drive IP in fast changing industries? What do you expect the IP landscape will look like in 2020 in India and China? How will digital rights management affect an author/artist to both share their ideas/innovations openly and still provide economic incentives so that they can afford to create? |
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Randy Whitmeyer 1 post 2/25/2008 at 06:31 PM
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Good questions Brent! My quick thoughts are below . . . anybody else?
Open Source, including GPL and other variations, as well as hybrid open source and proprietary models, continue to make substantial inroads in the software arena. Microsoft's recent announcement to open up interface and related information/code shows the continuing vitality of the open source appraoch, and the value of releasing code and documentation to the community at large. I am not sure it is really a strategy for IP protection but rather a different business model where value comes from the service provided and the brand instead of the copyrighted and patented software.
One way IP is protected in the global landscape is to make it available only on a hosted, SaaS model, so that physical copies are never distributed. In the gaming world, this is an effective way to protect the IP. Of course, constant updates helps take away value from the copyer!
DRM is a controversial approach to protecting IP rights. I do think technological solutions will be viable ways to protect authors and artists from illegal copying.
It is hard to predict 15 years out, but I expect continuing battles between content and IP providers on the one hand and equipment, service and aggregators such as Google and YouTube on the other hand, and would not be surprised to see a wireless, connected world where digital-based IP is more fiercely protected.
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