The High Cost of Executives’ Intellectual Property Blind Spots

Journal article, 2025

Do senior executives understand intellectual property issues sufficiently to make good strategic decisions? A study that invited IP experts’ opinions on the question found that 40% have encountered top managers whose grasp of IP was insufficient, leading to poor business decisions. Research data underscores the IP essentials that top executives need to understand and highlights strategic considerations they should keep in mind when setting strategy around intellectual property.