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1 1.1 Background State departments of transportation (DOTs) construct, operate, maintain, and manage a highway system and its infrastructure to serve the various needs of the traveling public.
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2 Management Guide to Intellectual Property for State Departments of Transportation To have an effective IP management program, it is important to first have a clear understanding of the key success factors. A thorough understanding begins by answering the following questions: • What constitutes IP?
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Introduction 3 At its core, IP management is about maximizing taxpayer value. For the state DOT manager, maximizing value is not only about making key investments in projects and activities to develop new technology, to develop new products, or to support innovations that ensure an efficient highway system.
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4 Management Guide to Intellectual Property for State Departments of Transportation from investments that have led to protectable IP assets (9)
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Introduction 5 • Reduce the likelihood of IP infringement claims against state DOT contractors by other contractors or third-party owners of IP assets. – Ensure that contractors understand and follow specific procedures to avoid accidental infringement of IP.
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6 Management Guide to Intellectual Property for State Departments of Transportation Figure 1 shows types of intellectual capital and assets that subsequently can be transformed and converted into IP. That is, intellectual capital resources convert to intellectual assets, which may then be managed as IP.
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Introduction 7 which are applicable to specific types of inventions. It is necessary to establish a formal disclosure process to screen the results and deliverables from each activity/project to identify protectable assets.
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8 Management Guide to Intellectual Property for State Departments of Transportation approaches that represent some of the most well-known ideas on managing IP to date. No matter where a given agency currently falls along the IP management spectrum, it is anticipated that this Guide will serve as a resource for decision-makers and practitioners to institutionalize IP management.
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Introduction 9 to defend its rights, it runs the risk of losing those rights. On the other hand, because a state DOT's mission is to perform activities for the public good, the DOT must recognize that, in some cases, defending the agency's IP rights could have a direct, negative impact on the public.
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