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One of the most difficult conversations I have when developing a positioning strategy often begins with a perfectly reasonable objection: “But we do much more than that.” It usually comes from experienced professionals who have spent years building th ...

A successful pilot project opens new opportunities for a cleantech company. It also creates new IP decisions. Potential partners want technical details, industrial deployment introduces further improvements, and competitors may hold rights relevant to ...

How does technological potential become lasting industrial advantage? This question shaped the CTO Autumn Forum on 15 October 2026 in Ludwigsburg. It also provided the context for a particularly well-received contribution by Dr. Jörn Plettig: an appro ...

Digital MedTech connects medical knowledge, software and data analysis in products that can improve diagnosis, monitoring and treatment decisions. The underlying technologies develop rapidly, while clinical adoption and regulatory approval follow thei ...

The Unified Patent Court gives companies a new form of enforcement leverage across Europe. A single action can potentially reach several important markets, but the same centralized system can also expose a patent to revocation across those territories ...

Bringing a new energy or aviation technology into industrial use depends on developments across an entire system. Fuels, propulsion, infrastructure, components and digital technologies have to work together. For companies contributing to that transiti ...

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Many IP professionals are by now aware that visibility is essential for business growth. But before deciding what to say, where to appear or how frequently to communicate, there is a more fundamental question: What should make your expertise particula ...

Digital MedTech brings medical knowledge, software and data analysis into increasingly connected products. A diagnostic application, an imaging tool or a patient-monitoring solution may derive its value from several interacting developments. For the c ...

Robotics brings mechanics, sensors, electronics, control software and artificial intelligence into an integrated technical system. The commercial advantage often emerges from the interaction between these elements. For the companies developing them, t ...