Author: Editorial staff

For more than a decade, digital transformation in engineering meant process standardization and automation, PLM integration, and the perpetual struggle to harmonise documentation across global R&D organisations. These efforts were necessary, but t ...

On 10 October in Munich, Weickmann & Weickmann hosted an expert exchange on digital business development in IP. Across panels and roundtables, one theme kept surfacing: referrals are still the fastest path to high-fit mandates—yet most firms treat ...

Many IP experts in the IP community at I3PM, the HTB-EPO initiative, and IP offices and institutions in national and regional innovation systems have asked Prof. Dr. Alexander Wurzer: “Where can you be sure not to miss any important IP management cont ...

The new WIPO Pulse 2025 report is more than a data set. It is a mirror held up to the global IP ecosystem – and it shows that years of coordinated IP awareness building are starting to pay off. WIPO surveyed 35,500 people in 74 countries and found ris ...

Bas Albers represents a new archetype of IP Subject Matter Expert on the IP Business Academy. Unlike many experts who operate through the lens of law firms, Bas is a service founder. His company, Artemis IP-Management, and his tool, the Patent Cockpit ...

In today’s knowledge economy, intellectual property (IP) has become far more than a legal safeguard. It is the structural backbone of competitive advantage. Yet, many companies still treat IP as a legal necessity rather than a managed valuable asset. ...

Many IP experts in the IP community at I3PM, the HTB-EPO initiative, and IP offices and institutions in national and regional innovation systems have asked Prof. Dr. Alexander Wurzer: “Where can you be sure not to miss any important IP management cont ...

In the life sciences, where the limits of medicine, biology, and technology constantly are pushed further, intellectual property (IP) is far more than a legal safeguard. It is the backbone of innovation. Every new therapy or diagnostic tool represents ...

How does a specialist from a service provider use the IPBA Connect platform to build demand and convert it into engagements? Tomas Geerkens, Director for Royalty at Connor, offers a sharp answer: package deep licensing-compliance know-how into clear, ...

Generative AI is no longer a curiosity in IP — it’s a working tool that is reshaping how patent professionals read, reason, and write. In our recent 🖥️ IP Business Talks live session with patent attorney and long-time AI practitioner Sebastian Goebel, ...