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Navy Begins Round Of Online War Gaming On IP Rights

Defense Daily Staff

Thursday, July 17th, 2014

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The Navy has begun a second round of online war gaming designed to address the contentious issue of intellectual property (IP) rights, a key aspect of the Pentagon’s effort to promote open architecture systems and greater competition in acquisition programs. Acquiring intellectual property is seen by the Pentagon as critical for creating more competition in the acquisition process and breaking the “vendor lock” a company can have on a program through control of intellectual property rights. The issue has become…

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