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| Title: | The Intellectual Property Audit |
| Authors: | Punnoose, Shanel
Shobhana, Valli |
| Keywords: | IP audit
Intellectual property
IP policy
IP audit process
Intangible assets |
| Issue Date: | Sep-2012 |
| Publisher: | NISCAIR-CSIR, India |
| Abstract: | This article endeavours to elucidate on the intellectual
property (IP) audit and focuses on comprehensive procedure of the same, not
only from an organization’s perspective but from an auditor’s perspective as
well. The article also dwells on India specific IP audits, which are
tad different from the audits in developed economies, although incorporating a
few steps from the standard audits would yield enhanced outcome. The second
part of the article endows with the factual scenario of IP audits in India. While
generation of IP has become a routine affair, the technique of its management
and protection continues to remain unidentified by most businesses. Thus IP
audit plays a significant role in serving the purpose of reaping benefits from the
IP generated. Additionally, it plays a key role in a circumstance which
involves private/public funded research. In such a research deriving profits,
protecting IP generated and commercialization of the same cannot be disregarded
given the magnitude of the investments involved.
Although ensuring a return on investment from IP has
become a norm in today’s economy, there still are entities whose primary focus
is not generation and commercialization of their IP, but mitigating plausible
risks that may arise due to negligence. IP audits have a pertinent role to play
in such entities, as mitigating IP related risk is as important as its
protection and management.
One should also note that an IP audit is an optimum level exercise and
seeks a high level focus for a profitable result. An uninformed mind coupled
with non-co-operation from the entity in whole or part could not only cripple
the effect of a sound/upright audit but also make it an expensive affair.
Generally, an institution or the entertainment industry, like in the case
studies illustrated in the article, may usually perform an audit every six
months where generation of IP is frequent, while a technology based company can
go for an audit once in two to three years based on their need/objective. |
| Page(s): | 417-424 |
| CC License: |  CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India |
| ISSN: | 0975-1076 (Online); 0971-7544 (Print) |
| Source: | JIPR Vol.17(5) [September 2012]
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