IPR Systems
The IPR Vision
A Unique Approach

IPR Systems approach to end-to-end Rights Management is unique because it does not enforce a specific business model, a level of protection or a particular price setting model on the markets or companies using it.

Many other Electronic Copyright Management Systems or Rights Management Systems impose a system of transaction-approval royalties or take a strong "Rights Enforcement" role, which dramatically reduces their applicability and attractiveness to many learning, reference and scientific applications. IPR Systems can integrate some of these products into its own systems (e.g. copy protection) where they may be desirable for specific projects, but we recognise that there are many environments in which they are not appropriate, or may not be appropriate for the future.

Our Strategy

IPR Systems' objective is to adopt world-class practice for undertaking leading research into developing the technology infrastructure for rights management.

Our research strategy includes the establishment of core activities and methodologies for three key application areas. These include:

    * existing frameworks for the development of highly component-based software architectures and their applicability within a digital rights management environment. Such architectures support highly portable, migratable, and interoperable software components for open repository systems.
    * specific rights management asset trading technologies, asset usage technologies, and asset creation technologies. This includes Rights Languages, trading protocols, and asset monitoring and protection.
    * new and innovative usability interfaces and enterprise/business models, for managing all aspects of trading, using, and creating digital assets. This human factors and business factors research investigates flexible asset trade, creation and usage scenarios for IPR management.