Author: Alexander J. Wurzer

Schneider from Hessen is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of processing machines for spectacles and precision optics. Schneider is an innovation driver in the highly complex free-form processing of glass lenses and the associated process ...

For the 9th year in a row, the CEIPI is organizing a Summer School on IP in Europe. The courses will be held from 26 June to 7 July 2017. Unique in Europe and in the world, this Summer School offers a two weeks training as theoretical as practical for ...

Claas, Viessmann, Wissensfabrik and the television format Quarks & Co were awarded Germany’s oldest innovation prize on April 7th in Munich. The prizes were accepted by Helmut Claas and Dr. Nathalie von Siemens for the knowledge factory, who ...

At the Rudolf Diesel reception on the occasion of the award of the Rudolf diesel medals on April 7, 2017, Microsoft presented the HoloLens, the next generation of the human-machine interface. The participants were able to immerse themselves in the wor ...

On 23 March 2017, Dr.-Ing. Thorsten Kettner, Group Senior Director Innovation Excellence, reported on the integration of the IP and innovation process landscape at Wilo during his dinner speech at the Master’s Program for Intellectual Property L ...

Speakers from Google, Philips, BASF, ABB, Air Liquide, WIPO, Universities of Gothenbourg, Boulder Colorado, Washington, Lausanne, Bordeaux, Paris and Surrey will present insights to the digital transformation and its consequences to the  management of ...

Which role will IP play as a competitive instrument for the German industry in digitalization and in the Internet of Things? How do technology companies in this country have to position themselves with their IP and IP management in a globalized race f ...

The German gas company Linde and the direct US competitor Praxair reached an agreement in December on the merger. Linde’s head of IP Jacob Eisenberg reports at the master’s course in IP management at CEIPI in January in Strasbourg on how IP mana ...

An analysis by the University of Mannheim shows that systematic patent management in knowledge-intensive industries such as ITC leads to greater innovation success. The degree of professionalism in patent management and the existence of a documented p ...

In addition to the digitization of production, Industry 4.0 is also about the digitization of product development. What should be considered when networking and creating platforms? How does the interaction between product development and production ta ...