1、CHECKLISTThe Intellectual Property Office(IPO)of the Futureby The IPO of the Future Think Tank2|Checklist:The Intellectual Property Office(IPO)of the FutureThe original Intellectual Property Office of the Future Report(Report)provides a comprehensive resource for Intellectual Property Offices(IPOs),

2、large and small,in developing and developed countries,to future-proof their operations and structures,and to proactively engage with their planning and positioning requirements in view of the environment and requirements they are likely to face.This IPO of the Future Checklist(Checklist)is a compani

3、on piece to the Report and attempts to distill its recommendations into a concise net-net format that can be applied and discussed readily in a range of formats,such as setting medium-and longer-term strategies,onboarding of new leadership,management reviews,time-series comparisons,department compar

4、isons,risk assessment and mitigation,and the like.The Checklist fills the“application gap,”providing IPO recommendations in a concise format that can be used to“check”both applicability of various recommendations to an individual IPO,and the IPOs status in addressing those recommendations.The Checkl

5、ist can be used in briefing a new head of office or other new leadership executive regarding the competencies an IPO should be considering,and what it has done to master those competencies.The Checklist can also be used with oversight committees and government administration-level managers to recomm

6、end and support budgetary items needed to address likely future(or even present/imminent)issues identified in the Checklist that a particular IPO may not yet have addressed.Over time,the Checklist can also be used to measure progress toward mastering all applicable items,or within an individual IPO