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August 25, 2008

The Mystery of I.P., or Not

What mystery?

The rule of thumb is that concepts are not property. The challenge is to wrap "property" around the concepts, so that the property is where people go to find the concepts. Since the value of the property is to some degree related to its scarcity, it is not difficult to understand what to do next.

- Use of ideas can be licensed in certain contexts.

- Information is either confidential or it is not, and you can sell access to confidential information.

- Knowledge is proprietary only if you have the ability to control the context of the knowledge delivery; control is all about packaging (whether the package is a venue, an event, a medium, or a box). You can sell the package; you can also sell delivery.

Posted by Malcolm Ryder at August 25, 2008 7:27 AM