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IP strategy for R&D: keep records like Thomas Edison

Making money from R D and intellectual property is based on documents. I learned this in 1983 on the first day of my first job as Legal Officer for Angus Robertson Publishers, Australia's oldest book publisher. A colleague pointed to three tall and very heavy fire-proof filing cabinets in a hallway. She then said: The publishing contracts with authors in there are the foundation for the wealth of this company over the last 100 years. This post ends with practical suggestions for improving record keeping. I'll first discuss why it is vital in business to make records and (which includes preparing documents).

Full post as published by Lightbulb IP blog on March 09, 2008 (boomark / email).