To maximize their effectiveness, colour cases ought to be printed in color. Senior supervisors at the LEGO Group are confronted with a quandary: Should they patent innovations coming out of their making process development work, should they keep them as trade secrets, or should they release them so that they would go into the public domain and nobody else could patent them?
The LEGO Group Publish or Protect case study solution
They wish to maintain their liberty to perform, however they are very worried related to the competitors aptitude to benefit from the LEGO Group’s R&D investments or correspondingly interfere with its independence to manage. Important intellectual property issues are framed by the case around suitability and strategy.
PUBLICATION DATE: February 15, 2013 PRODUCT #: 613079-PDF-ENG
This is just an excerpt. This case is about TECHNOLOGY & OPERATIONS
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