Author: Alexander J. Wurzer

The MIPLM master program started in January 2020 with 18 students from seven different countries in Europe, Asia and South America at the Center for International Intellectual Property Studies in Strasbourg. 1st module of the MIPLM focusses on strateg ...

Dr. Ralf Uhrich LL.M., Patent Litigator at Google, manages Google’s European patent litigation docket and prepares Google for the upcoming Unified Patent Court. Dr. Uhrich is in charge of all European patent infringement cases to which Google is a par ...

Schattdecor is able to print a watermark which is invisible to the naked eye on furniture decor. Only a mobile phone camera with a special app can make the trademark protected sign visible. On this path to the digitalization of furniture decors, compl ...

Digitalization is a game-changer in each and every industry. Sooner or later the business eco-systems underly a digital transformation. This tendency has strong consequences for IP- and especially patent strategies for affected enterprises. In this LE ...

The trend towards digitalization is spreading at high speed and with enormous reach. There is currently no product to be identified that cannot be digitized accordingly. The EcoSystem Smart Farming is a typical example where the networking of agricult ...

The digital transformation of the construction industry is in full swing. This opens up many options for making construction processes more efficient. Schöck is expanding its range of digital products and services along the entire value chain, accompa ...

The development of streaming platforms was the big step to transform the business ecosystem of the media sector and media is also for other sectors a leading example how the digital transformation changes the business. To make this change of business ...

The U.S. multinational corporation that is engaged in design, manufacturing and marketing of sports footwear, apparel, equipment and accessories, Nike, patented ‘CryptoKicks’ to track counterfeits. The company got granting from the US Patent and Trade ...

The start of the “Connected Cars” complex of proceedings at the Munich Regional Court began in June 2019. In detail, it concerns a patent for the reliability of the transmission of data and Daimler is accused of having installed this technology in a l ...

Chief IP Counsel of Siemens Beat Weibel sees the necessity for new IP strategies within digitization. Together with Rudolf Freytag, Head of Licensing and CEO of Siemens Technology Accelerator GmbH, he published a paper “Why Digitalization Needs Value- ...