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Beyond Patents: What the ASML–ZEISS Story Really Teaches About Sustainable Competitive Advantage

The story of ASML and Carl Zeiss SMT in EUV lithography is often told as a story of technological superiority. That is understandable, because the technology is extraordinary. Extreme ultraviolet lithography enables the production of the most advanced ...

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Controlled Openness Needs an IP Management System: Applying DIN 77006 and ISO 56005 in GreenTech with Dr. Jörn Plettig

GreenTech is often described through technologies: batteries, hydrogen systems, recycling processes, clean mobility, smart grids, carbon capture, low-carbon materials or digital energy platforms. But this picture is incomplete. The decisive question i ...

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When Innovation Outruns IP Expertise: What the IP Expertise Demand Index 2026 Reveals About Europe

At the international CEIPI Summer School 2026 in Strasbourg, the IP Expertise Demand Index was presented in a setting that could hardly have been more appropriate. CEIPI, the Center for International Intellectual Property Studies at the University of ...

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IP Decision Case Carsten Herzhoff: Predictive Quality Control in Adhesive and Coating Production

Industrial IoT is no longer only about connecting machines or collecting operational data. It is increasingly changing how industrial companies understand, stabilize and improve complex production systems. In adhesive, coating and functional material ...

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When Digital Transformation Gains Hands: IP in Robotics and Autonomous Systems

Digital transformation is often discussed as if it were mainly about software, platforms, cloud systems, data analytics and artificial intelligence. That is understandable because many of the most visible changes of the last two decades have happened ...

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Practical IP Question IIoT Achim Tappe: When Smart Factory Platforms Become Industrial Control Points

Industrial IoT is increasingly becoming a question of platform control. In many connected manufacturing systems, value is no longer created only by a machine, a sensor, a software function, or one protected technical feature. It is created by the way ...

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Why GreenTech Will Not Scale Without Controlled Openness

GreenTech is often presented through images of solar parks, wind turbines, hydrogen plants, batteries, recycling systems and smart grids. These images are powerful because they make sustainable transformation visible, but they can also create a mislea ...

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Practical Question Sid Koneti: When Industrial IoT Turns Shelf Life Into a Strategic IP Question

Industrial IoT is no longer limited to machines, factories, and production lines. It is increasingly moving into supply chains where physical products are monitored, evaluated, predicted, and managed through connected data systems. In fresh produce lo ...

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IP Decision Case Dr. Benjamin Delsol: Predictive Maintenance as an IP Strategy Problem in Industrial IoT

Industrial IoT is increasingly becoming a question of strategic control over connected value creation. In many manufacturing environments, value is no longer created only by a robust machine, a protected component or a service technician’s experience. ...

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From Medical Devices to Digital Health Systems: The New Limits of Technology Transfer

Technology transfer is often described as the movement of knowledge from research to application. In simple cases, this sounds like a clean handover. A patent is licensed. A prototype is sold. A technical document is shared. A research result is passe ...

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