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    The LEGO Group: Publish or Protect, Teaching Note

    Shih, Willy

    • Reference: HBS-613097-E

    • Number of pages: 26

    • Geographic Setting: Denmark;Europe

    • Publication Date: Jun 12, 2013

    • Fecha de edición: Feb 7, 2016

    • Source: HBSP (USA)

    • Type of Document: Teaching Note

    • Industry Setting: Injection molds;Toys;Manufacturing

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    Teaching Note for 613079. Senior managers at the LEGO Group are faced with a quandary: Should they patent inventions coming out of their manufacturing process development work, should they keep them as trade secrets, or should they publish them so that they would go into the public domain and nobody else could patent them? They wish to preserve their freedom to practice, but are very concerned about competitors' ability to benefit from LEGO Group's R&D investments, or alternately interfere with its freedom to operate.

    Keywords

    Corporate strategy Intellectual property Knowledge management Machinery Manufacturing Operations and processes Patents Production Strategy Technology