2020Technology Innovation Management ReviewOpen access

Criminal Enforcement of Trade Secret Theft: Strategic Considerations for Canadian SMEs

Matt Malone

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Introduction and BackgroundMany innovative SMEs have a fraught relationship with intellectual property (IP). Lacking adequate financial resources, the formalistic mechanisms of IP protection can act as both temporal and financial cost barriers to legal redress when IP theft occurs (OECD, 2010).

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Introduction and BackgroundMany innovative SMEs have a fraught relationship with intellectual property (IP). Lacking adequate financial resources, the formalistic mechanisms of IP protection can act as both temporal and financial cost barriers to legal redress when IP theft occurs (OECD, 2010).

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Introduction and BackgroundMany innovative SMEs have a fraught relationship with intellectual property (IP). Lacking adequate financial resources, the formalistic mechanisms of IP protection can act as both temporal and financial cost barriers to legal redress when IP theft occurs (OECD, 2010).

Key concepts: Redress, Intellectual property, Business, Enforcement, Law enforcement, Law and economics, Finance, Law

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