Besides ensuring property and exclusive rights to holders of intellectual creation, intellectual property protection allows innovation and spread of knowledge, balancing the interests of the holder and the benefits to society. In this sense, Intellectual Property is strategic in the globalized and competitive world scenario, in which knowledge and innovation capacity play an important role in the development of a country. Therefore, aiming at intellectual property management with focus on innovation, it is necessary to encourage cooperation between the ICT and companies, for the accomplishment of conjoint research works and technology development, besides boosting licensing procedures and technology transfer. Therefore, ICTs, with the help of NITs, should adopt policies for managing intellectual property, creating legal instruments and adapting the academic environment to the current regulations. The ICTs are responsible for stimulating the protection of intellectual property generated in the institution, by means of the NITs. They may operate in a network, improving and advancing the management of intellectual property. Intellectual property is a strategic factor for scientific and technological innovation. In Brazil, the collaboration between public and business sectors has been sought, aiming at the scientific, technological and social development of the country, through a continuous process of conjoint and coordinated actions.
center for technological innovation; Intellectual Property; network management; scientific and technological innovation; scientific and technological institutions
