Ochrona własności intelektualnej w działalności małych i średnich przedsiębiorstw high-tech w Polsce
The Protection of intellectual Property by High-tech Small and Medium-sized Enterprise in Poland

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this paper is to evaluate the degree of use of formal (legal) and informal (strategic) instruments for the protection of intellectual property by high-tech small and medium-sized enterprise in Poland, and to identify the factors influencing the choice of particular forms of protection. In the study the results of surveys conducted in 2012 among intentionally selected group of 50 high technology SMEs were used. Time range of research covered the period 2009-2011. The results allow us to conclude that, although the surveyed companies use a fairly wide range of legal instruments for the protection of intellectual property, however, much more important to them are informal mechanisms.

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