Intellectual property issues, natural

Technology managers should include the following elements in the plan itself the critical business issues the nature of markets and customers the thmsts of traditional and potential competitors the human resource issues, ie, the skills and abiUties needed to carry out the plan alternatives and contingencies to support the plan a patent and intellectual property strategy and the supporting faciUties and resource plan. The most frequentiy overlooked elements are human resource issues and patent strategies (50). 

The most frequently considered product attributes are technical or qualitative in nature however, there are also issues such as Intellectual Property Rights (IPR - or more often just IP) where its quantity must also be matched or exceeded by its quality. A patent must not only be in existence, it must be written in such... 

The metadata issue has naturally many connections to the field of electronic publishing, on-line journals, etc. This topic is treated in Electronic Publishing of Scientific Manuscripts. Also, connections between metadata markup and copyright on digital electronically accessible material is currently discussed within the World Intellectual Property Rights Organization. 

The concept of safety refers to a reasonable certainty of no harm per the FD C Act to safe and adequate levels of nutrients, including essentiality, stability, history of use, and toxicity per LSRO or, in some circumstances, a reasonable balance between costs (e.g., risks, harm) and benefits. Safety, therefore, is not an inherent biological property, but rather a point on a continuum that is influenced by intellectual concepts and judgment. Generally, a hazard refers to a substance or combination of substances that produce undesired outcomes in the case of infant formulas, the undesired outcome is health related. Risk implies that an adverse event will be expressed under specified conditions, and harm refers to the nature of an undesired outcome associated with a hazard. Details about the concept of safety and surrounding issues are provided in Chapter 2. 

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