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The continuous development of China’s economy has fueled the purchasing power of Chinese people, and China has developed into a huge market. More and more foreign start-ups are considering entering China to do business or attracting investment f ...

I have the pleasure to review the latest book from Gassmann, Oliver; Bader, Martin A. and Thompson, Mark James – “Patent Management: Protecting Intellectual Property and Innovation“, a comprehensive book that adds to the importance of pate ...

During the 28th and 30th of April LES international and the EPO organize a mixed in-person and live streaming conference in Singapore. It is part of the High-growth technology Business Conference series by LESI and the EPO, which was kicked off in 201 ...

Through the digital transformation the complexity in the field of IP and innovation becomes higher and higher. This is due to rising rates of patent applications and increased competition in new digital technologies by companies from global innovation ...

Since June 2020 we have in Germany the DIN77006 to design digital use cases and other solutions like apps, customer journeys and business models to make them patentable and free of third-party rights. This university seminar by CEIPI explains how to a ...

The number of patent applications for technologies of the fourth industrial revolution (4IR) grew rapidly in the last decade. The EPO identified recently a yearly growth rate of close to 20% for international patent families since 2010. In the field o ...

Digitalization is a game-changer in each and every industry and agriculture is no exception. The approach for Agriculture 4.0 is identical to that of Industry 4.0, where the aim is to intelligently connect production processes and control them based o ...

Digitalization is a game-changer in each and every industry. Sooner or later each business eco-systems underlies a digital transformation. This tendency has strong consequences for IP and especially patent strategies of affected enterprises. So, an an ...

Worldwide the number of patent applications surges, especially in China which recently overtook the USA. Especially digital applications are more and more patented by global companies from China, like Huawei, but also SMEs. Therefore, it becomes incre ...

Worldwide the number of patent applications surges, with China recently overtaking the USA. Especially digital applications are more and more patented by global companies but also SMEs. Therefore, it becomes increasingly important to learn how to pate ...