Dissipation of Intellectual Assets and Accumulation of Human Skill(<Special Issue>PROSPECTS OF THE THIRD PHASE OF THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BASIC PLAN)

Abstract

Increased mobility of intellectual workforce in Japan will lead to serious problems in management of intellectual assets. The "dissipation" of intellectual assets by a loss of personnel will affect not only individual companies but the country at large. A way to cope with this is to include an ADR provision in the nondisclosure agreement between an enterprise and its ex-employees as a basis for preventive actions. In a broader context, the intellectual property liaison as an organization for implementation of IAM should be explicitly established.