Patents as a source of strategic information: The inventive activity in Morocco

 

Mourad Oubrich¹* and Redouane Barzi²

 

Research Article | Published May 2014

Journal of Economics and International Business Management, Vol. 2(2), pp. 27-35

 

¹CIEMS, INPT, Allal Al Fassi Avenue, Madinat Al Irfane, Rabat, Morocco.
²CIEMS, ENCGK, B.P: 1420 Kénitra 14000, Morocco.

 

*Corresponding author. E-mail: oubrich.mourad@ciems.ma. Tel: +212 05 38 00 28 32.

 

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This paper aims to shed light on how the patent analysis can provide strategic information. The methodological approach is qualitative based on a study of the patent market in Morocco. Its purpose is to analyze, from a strategic management perspective, the actions carried out in this area. To do so, interviews were conducted with the main stakeholders of the patent market in Morocco for the data collection. This paper is organized as follows: the first part will lay down a state-of-the-art patent from a theoretical standpoint. The second part will present the methods of patent analysis. Finally, the third part will focus on the patent analysis in Morocco.

 

Keywords: Patent, strategic information, intellectual proprieties.