1. Fail to Protect IP
2. Fail to Exploit IP
3. Fail to Maintain IP
4. Fail to Recognize IP
5. Fail to Protect Associated IC
6. Infringe IP
7. Lose Freedom of Operation
8. Have No Publication Strategy
9. File Too Early
10. File Too Late
11. Treat IP as a Legal Issue Only
12. Fail to Think Globally
13. Fail to Think Locally
14. Spend Too Much to Protect Too Little
15. Spend Too Little to Protect Too Much
16. Misunderstand the Strength of IP
17. Build Static Instead of Dynamic Defenses
18. Underestimate the Competition
19. Overestimate the Competition
20. Fail to Leverage Outside Innovation
21. Become Mired in the Day-to-Day
22. Fail to Optimize the Portfolio
23. Fail to align IP strategy with Business Strategy
24. Treat IP as a Cost Center
25. Accept the Tyranny of the Toos: Too hard, expensive, difficult, confusing, etc.
26. Take the Advice of Counsel on Faith
27. Mismanage Outsourcing
28. Be Satisfied with the Status Quo
29. Create Your Competition
30. Choose the Wrong Fights
31. Fight in the Wrong Places
32. Fight in the Wrong Way
33. Develop IP that no one wants
English version
Think IP Strategy published an interesting list of 33 most common mistakes with respect to activities related to intellectual property. They are:
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As can be seen from the mistakes of intellectual property some of them are of a general nature and depend significantly on the overall business policy for the development of a company. This is a recent trend in business and intellectual property, namely both to be seen as complementary elements.