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Aerospace. Protect industry assets.

Aerospace, components and flight technologies. In the aerospace industry, a project can combine mechanical components, advanced materials, sensors, control software and process skills. Intellectual property must be read along the entire supply chain: from research to prototype, from specialized supplier to integration into a complex system.

The strategy starts from the project.

The long duration of the programmes and the collaboration between several enterprises make it important to distinguish the technology already possessed by each partner from the solutions developed during the project. Technical drawings, test results, interfaces and later improvements should not remain in an ambiguous contractual perimeter.

What assets to consider.

Technology and Components

Drive systems, light structures, sensors and production processes require a first technical reading of available solutions and documentation.

Know-how of the supply chain

Machining parameters, testing methods and material information require an organization of confidentiality and access levels.

Commercial identity

Brands of manufacturers, platforms and services must be linked to the products offered, customers and development territories.

The passage to be guarded

A presentation to a customer or participation in a race may result in the dissemination of technical details. Before sharing documents it is useful to clarify what information can be disclosed, by whom and with what conditions. The IP strategy should also be coordinated with any security and export constraints applicable to the project.

An example of the route.

A supplier develops a new sensor for a flight platform. Before delivering the prototype, the dossier should distinguish the sensor, integrated software and test results, indicate partner contributions and specify what information remains reserved.

Illustrative example: does not describe an assignment or a result obtained by LegalMark.

Useful information for the first comparison.

  • Technical diagram and differences with known solutions
  • Development and supply agreements
  • History of project presentations
  • Markets, partners and possible applications

At first it is sufficient to describe the objective and the state of the project. Technical documents and sensitive information can be shared at a later time, after agreeing to the communication methods and perimeter.

From industry to services.

The reading of the project allows you to choose the useful verifications: search on the signs, analysis of the technical solution, organization of the portfolio or preparation of an valorization operation. Priorities, times and territories depend on the concrete structure and activities that the company intends to carry out.

General information content. The forms of protection and any requirements must be verified in the concrete case and in the territories concerned.

Frequently asked question

How to manage IP in an aerospace project with multiple partners?

The starting point is to separate the existing assets from the project results, rebuild the contributions and verify the agreements on use, improvements, disclosure and commercial exploitation.

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Aerospace in Italian regions.

Find the territorial context of your activity and the path of protection. The numbers describe the statistical perimeter indicated, not the application for registration of the marks.

Territorial insights

The dedicated pages cover the five territories with the largest number of local units of the active enterprises observed in the chosen perimeter. The selection measures the variety, not the specialization or the possibility of obtaining a registration.

Aerospace · local units of active enterprises · 2023
RegionNumberNational quota
Piedmont4612,96%
Valle d’Aostan.d.n.d.
Liguria102,82%
Lombardy5415,21%
Trentino-Alto Adige51,41%
Veneto154,23%
Friuli-Venezia Giulia185,07%
Emilia-Romagna164,51%
Tuscany61,69%
Umbria61,69%
Marche71,97%
Lazio4813,52%
Abruzzo92,54%
Molisen.d.n.d.
Campania7019,72%
Apulia298,17%
Basilicata20,56%
Calabria41,13%
Sicily61,69%
Sardinia41,13%

Source and data perimeter

ISTAT · ASIA – Local units, flow 183_285_DF_DICA_ASIAULP_2. Year 2023; consultation 11 October 2026. Indicator: local units of active enterprises.

Aircraft, space vehicles and related devices. Direct. ATECO 2007: 303.

Reference ISTAT · Method, limits and downloadable data