The Handbook of European Intellectual Property Management Developing, Managing and Protecting Your Company's Intellectual Property

This third edition of The Handbook of European Intellectual Property Management provides a fresh examination of the issues facing businesses across Europe who are looking to maximise and protect the value of their innovations, knowledge and brands, and shows how enterprises can put IP at the heart of their business and manage it as an asset.

When managed well, intellectual property (IP) puts enterprises in a position to lock in an advantage and command a premium. But in Europe, the process of commercializing IP remains fraugt with difficulties, with significant differences existing in the application and interpretation of these rights in each national jurisdiction. Drawing on a wide range of expertise - including editorial support and input from the European Patent Office - The Handbook of European Intellectual Property Management is a practical and easy-to-follow guide that reveals exactly how IP can contribute to improved competitive performance and to greater value on the balance sheet, whilst also offering a template for 'best practice' in IP management.