Explore how to use design strategies to prevent imitation and protect intellectual property. This course covers key topics such as careful coordination, tagging and cloaking, feinting and spiking, and ground staking. Discover how these design plays can enhance your innovation strategy and provide a competitive advantage. Learn how to strategically add or remove knowledge components to mitigate the risks of intellectual property theft. Along the way, gather insights on integrating design elements into your business strategy for effective product development. By the end of this course, you’ll be equipped with the skills you need to protect your innovations and gain a strategic edge over competitors. This is an intermediate-level course suited for strategists and product developers. Whether you’re involved in product design or intellectual property management, this course is designed to prepare you to safeguard your innovations more effectively.
This course was created by MIT Sloan Management Review. We are pleased to host this training in our library.
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