Open AccessMODELLING A BLOCKCHAIN SOLUTION FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT IN DIGITISED INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENTS
Author(s) -
Imanol García Pastor,
Francisco Sánchez Fuente,
José Ramón Otegi Olaso
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
dyna
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1989-1490
pISSN - 0012-7361
DOI - 10.6036/10294
Subject(s) - blockchain , intellectual property , lexical analysis , business , smart contract , value (mathematics) , business model , commerce , industrial organization , computer science , knowledge management , computer security , marketing , artificial intelligence , machine learning , operating system
In the industry 4.0 vision, the competitiveness of companies is based on innovation, business-to-business collaboration and digitalisation. In such collaborative frameworks, the sharing of trade secrets depends to a greater or lesser extent on the degree of trust between the parties involved in the collaboration. This paper proposes an application model for trade secret protection based on blockchain, using the smart contracts support and tokenization capabilities available in the Ethereum network. The application of the model along the value chain of the collaborative industrial environment promotes the sharing of industrial secrets with the guarantee provided by blockchain technology, increasing trust and added value in the relationship.Keywords: Industry 4.0, blockchain, innovation, intellectual property, knowledge management