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This book provides insights into the intellectual property rights (IPR) managerial practices of key IPR executives from a range of multinational companies, including major research and development firms. It identifies gaps in IPR management and considers the Tabular Application Development (TAD) methodology IPR process optimisation model. The authors adopt an interdisciplinary approach, providing a conceptual framework derived from practice and enriched with theoretical insights, and offering organisational recommendations. In taking into account both Back and Front office processes, Towards Intellectual Property Rights Management will help businesses navigate the maze of IPR and maximise the value they get from innovation.

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Chapter 1: Untangling the Intangibles: The Scope of IPR Management Research

Chapter 2: From Tangibles to Intangibles and from Back-Office to Front-Office

Chapter 3: Innovation Property Rights Process Management

Chapter 4: Interviewing IPR Executives

Chapter 5: IPR Management to Business Management

Chapter 6: IPR Characteristics in Practice: Back-Office to Front-Office

Chapter 7: IPR Management in Action: The Road to "Better" IPR Management

Chapter 8: Conclusion

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Dolores Modic is Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS) Fellow at Kyushu University, Japan and a 2015 Fulbright Scholar at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA. Her research focuses on intellectual property rights and technology transfer, as well as more broadly on innovation systems and intellectual property rights management in the public and private sectors.

Nadja Damij is Senior Lecturer in Business Information Management at Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University, UK. Her research interests include business process management, specifically developing process-orientated TAD methodology. She has held a number of visiting positions at the University of Surrey, UK, University of Nevada, USA, and the Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland.

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