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The introduction of the Unitary Patent and the Unified Patent Court (UPC) has fundamentally changed how companies structure and manage their European patent portfolios. For many industries, this is already a strategic question. In life sciences, howev ...

This post is based on a lecture delivered on April 23, 2026, as part of the Master of Intellectual Property Law and Management (MIPLM 2025/26) program. The session was part of Module 5 and focused on the concept of Design-Driven Innovation, following ...

The demand for IP services, IP competence, and strategic support in the field of quantum technologies is steadily increasing. To better understand this development, the CEIPI IP Business Academy recently conducted an Open Foresight Board study in Euro ...

In many organizations, intellectual property is still treated as a specialist function that becomes relevant only at particular moments: when a patent is filed, when a contract is signed, or when a conflict appears on the horizon. That view is too nar ...

The demand for IP services, IP competence, and strategic support in the field of quantum technologies is steadily increasing. To better understand this development, the CEIPI IP Business Academy recently conducted an Open Foresight Board study in Euro ...

The enrolment for the 2026/27 edition of the Master of Intellectual Property Law and Management (MIPLM) at CEIPI, University of Strasbourg, is now open. The program will run from autumn 2026 into 2027 and is delivered in a modular format, combining on ...

Agile IP Management is no longer a niche topic for legal specialists. It has become a practical management question for organizations that must innovate under conditions of uncertainty, speed, and constant change. In Module 4 of the Master Programme f ...

In the fourth module of the Master Program for IP Law and Management at CEIPI, the lecture on outsourcing explored a topic that is often treated as a purely operational issue, but is in fact deeply strategic. Outsourcing in IP and legal work is not si ...

Modern companies continuously generate intangible assets such as inventions, software, designs, and brands. These assets often represent the most valuable resources of innovative organizations. However, in many firms intellectual property management s ...

In Module 3 of the CEIPI Master of MIPLM, the lecture on managing technological innovation takes on a problem many organizations feel but rarely name clearly: innovation needs freedom, while management needs reliability. The course does not pretend th ...