BANNOCKBURN, IL – IPC released IPC-1071, Best Industry Practices for Intellectual Property Protection in Printed Board Manufacturing, to assist printed board manufacturers in the development of requirements for the protection of IP for customers in commercial, industrial, military and other high-reliability markets.

Developed as a high-level roadmap to best industry practices, the IP standard addresses issues such as physical and information security, employee data access, computer networks, destruction of scrap material and other issues.

The standard focuses on protection of the inherent IP designed into the printed board, from the customer to the manufacturer.

Next, IPC’s Intellectual Property Committee will develop an IP certification program. This topic will be discussed April 13 at Apex. To register for the committee’s meeting, visit www.ipcapexexpo.org/register.

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