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Insight
In IT organizations around the world, debates are raging about the ownership, protection, and commercial value of intellectual property (IP). What is worth protecting? Should business methods like Amazon's "1-Click" be patentable? Are e-commerce transactions in violation of existing patents? What should be covered by copyright? Does the open source movement render obsolete the matter of ownership of software?
INTRODUCTION
Why did Sumer, Babylon, Egypt, India, and China, the predominant powers of the ancient world, never reach the stage of contemporary technology development? Certainly European achievements in the Middle Ages didn't foretell the cultural explosion that soon ensued in Europe during the Renaissance.
It is largely axiomatic that a company in any high-tech industry increases its value by expanding and appropriately protecting its base of documented, formalized intellectual property (IP).
Domain
Government
Assertion #14Government at all levels will find itself increasingly challenged to tax revenue derived from information. Market forces will tend to punish governments that apply tax burdens to information flow.
As the number of Web pages grows exponentially, it becomes increasingly important for enterprises to differentiate themselves from the competition. In a world where competition is just one click away, organizations need to be easily identifiable, providing existing and potential customers with the confidence that their needs will be met in the most convenient, reliable, and optimal way.
Editor's note: Assertion No.