This book analyses the function of intellectual property protection particularly the protection of patents, copyrights, trademarks and tradesecrets, in development and independency of defense industries. The book illustrates why and how a well-structured IPRs policy promotes diffusion of technological information and diversity in the dual use technology market and facilitates civil-military technology integration. It is argued that governments should prevent the national security concerns to interfere with the technological advancement by generating convenient IPRs policies. The objective of building a defense ecosystem, where the government can access state of art technologies in the domestic and international market in a state that it is not destitute for importation from foreign defense monopolies for the acquisition of desired technologies, will only be fully achieved through commercialization of IPRs.(ARKA KAPAKTAN)

THE TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER ONE
OVERVIEW OF IPRs RELEVANT TO DEFENSE INDUSTRY
I. The Concept of Intellectual Property
II. Protection of Intellectual Property Rights and The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
III. Objective of the Intellectual Property Rights Protection
IV. Intellectual Property Rights and Defense Industry
V. Types of Intellectual Property Protection Relevant to Defense Industry
A. Patents
1. Definition
2. Historical Development of Patent Rights Globally and Core International Treaties on Patents
3. Patentability Conditions
4. Patent Application and Examination
B. Trademarks
1. Definition and the Types of Trademarks
2. Historical Development of Trademark Rights and Core International Treaties on Trademarks
3. Trademark Protection
4. Criteria of Trademark Protection
C. Copyrights
1. Definition
2. Historical Development of Copyrights Globally and Core International Treaties on Copyrights
D. Tradesecrets
1. Definition of Tradesecrets
2. Criteria for an Information to be Considered as A Tradesecret
3. Objective of the Tradesecrets

CHAPTER TWO
THE ROLE OF IPR PROTECTION
IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF DEFENSE INDUSTRY
I. DEFENSE TECHNOLOGIES AND DEFENSE INDUSTRY
A. Defense Technologies
1. Definition
2. Defense Technologies as a Core of Military Power
B. Defense Industry
1. The History of Defense Industry
2. The Structure of Defense Industry
3. The Importance of a National Defense Industry
4. Technological Information Flow within the Defense Industry
5. The Concept of Open Innovation in Defense Industry
6. Transition from Defense Industry Base to Defense Ecosystem
7. Building a Defense Ecosystem
II. THE ROLE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTION FOR DEFENSE ECOSYSTEMS
A. IPRs and Diffusion of Commercial Innovation
1. Elements of Defense Related Commercial Innovation
2. Dual-Use Technology Conversion
B. The Impacts of Defense Related IPRs
1. Patents
2. Trademarks
3. Copyrights
4. Tradesecrets

CHAPTER THREE
GOVERNMENTS IPR POLICIES AND IMPLICATIONS IN DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY ACQUISITIONS
I. DEFENSE ACQUISITION CONTRACTS
A. Traditional Contracting Process
1. Requirement Definition
2. Acquisition Strategy
3. Request for Proposal (RFP) Process
4. Evaluation Process
5. Contract Award
B. Change in the Defense Acquisition Strategies based on IPR
II. IPR REGULATED UNDER DEFENSE ACQUISITION CONTRACTS - GENERAL OVERVIEW
A. The Objective of the IPR Protection
B. Overview of IPR Related Clauses
1. Ownership of IPRs
2. Rights in Technical Data
3. IPR Infringement
4. Confidentiality of Proprietary Information
III. EXAMPLARY POLICIES AROUND THE WORLD
A. United States
1. U.S. IPR Policy
2. Overview of U.S. IPR Laws Uniquely Applicable to DoD Contracts
B. United Kingdom
1. UK IPR Policy
2. Overview of UK MOD Regulations for IPRs
C. TURKEY
1. IPR Policy of Turkey
2. Confidential Patent
CONCLUSION

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