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Engineering. Protect industry assets.
Engineering, plants and automation. For engineering companies, intangible assets are often found in machines, plants, processes, simulation tools and design skills. Making these assets visible helps to connect protection, contracts and commercial development.
The strategy starts from the project.
Customization for a customer can generate usable improvements even in other projects. Before hiring new assignments it is useful to understand what belongs to the technical platform of the enterprise and what is developed specifically for the contract.
What assets to consider.
Machines and processes
Mechanisms, automation and production methods require descriptions of functions, of the problem faced and of the differences regarding known solutions.
Operating know-how
Parameters, models, testing procedures and process information require an organization of access and sharing.
Documents and brands
Design, manual, software and trademarks of machines or services must be linked to actual contracts and activities.
The passage to be guarded
The delivery of a plant does not solve by itself the questions on the rights related to drawings, code and improvements. It is necessary to evaluate the clauses on reuse, maintenance, access to the sources and communication of the project, as well as possible confidentiality.
An example of the route.
A supplement develops a new handling system for a production line. The dossier distinguishes standard components, specific innovation, control software and test parameters, identifying what can be reused.
Illustrative example: does not describe an assignment or a result obtained by LegalMark.
Useful information for the first comparison.
- Schemes, drawings and process description
- Comparison with previous systems
- Contracts of contract and subcontracting
- Technical results and application markets
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 protect a solution developed on a contract?
It starts from the reconstruction of contributions and agreements with customers and suppliers. Then it stands out between pre-existing technology, result of the order, any inventions and information to keep confidential.
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Sector and territory · Italy
Engineering 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.
| Region | Number | National quota |
|---|---|---|
| Piedmont | 17.056 | 7,29% |
| Valle d’Aosta | 755 | 0,32% |
| Liguria | 6.789 | 2,90% |
| Lombardy | 40.503 | 17,31% |
| Trentino-Alto Adige | 4.670 | 2,00% |
| Veneto | 20.219 | 8,64% |
| Friuli-Venezia Giulia | 4.280 | 1,83% |
| Emilia-Romagna | 17.919 | 7,66% |
| Tuscany | 17.977 | 7,68% |
| Umbria | 4.122 | 1,76% |
| Marche | 7.345 | 3,14% |
| Lazio | 22.835 | 9,76% |
| Abruzzo | 6.737 | 2,88% |
| Molise | 1.525 | 0,65% |
| Campania | 18.086 | 7,73% |
| Apulia | 13.060 | 5,58% |
| Basilicata | 2.766 | 1,18% |
| Calabria | 6.436 | 2,75% |
| Sicily | 14.629 | 6,25% |
| Sardinia | 6.237 | 2,67% |
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.
Studies of architecture, engineering and other technical studies. Proxy: also includes architecture. ATECO 2007: 711.
Reference ISTAT · Method, limits and downloadable data