Intellectual Property Management in Iranian Public Research Institutes: A Multiple Case Study

Nowadays the rapid changes in customer needs have made the creation, development and utilization of intellectual property a key issue in the development of technology. In most countries, public research institutes are one of the main institutes which support technology development. However, by looking at the past achievements of these institutes in Iran, one can see that despite great capabilities in doing research, many of them have failed in documentation and management of the intellectual property. Thus, the main goal of this research is to investigate the method of intellectual property management of Iranian public research institutes and identifying their problems. Therefore, in this study, after reviewing the literature and classifying some of the concepts presented in the literature of intellectual property management, some recommendations and considerations are presented to the managers and policy makers in the area of science and technology development by examining the activities of three public research institutes that work in the field of intellectual property management in order to increase the success of the management of intellectual property at these institutes in the country.