Category: Publications & Events

The IP systems are heavily affected by the digital transformation in multiple ways. First, the objects protected by IP change. Objects are becoming more digital and intangible, and this requires a different approach to decide, what a business should p ...

The digital transformation changes every aspect of our lives, and this does not only have an impact on IP itself, but also the ways how companies and individuals using and filing IP behave and interact with each other. The impact can be categorized in ...

In Part 2 of our series on DIN 77006, we looked at the benefits and advantages of DIN 77006. This offers small and medium-sized companies in particular a good aid to orient themselves on the market and get started. But what is actually the starting po ...

The digital transformation has brought challenges and opportunities to all industries, the IP profession included. Several examples of this were seen during the IP-Dagen conference held in Oslo on November 9th, where IP professionals from all over Nor ...

The digital transformation affects all parts of the globe in an ever more interconnected world. This is not different for the IP community. Today, trademarks are registered for virtual objects, that only exist in the internet, and patents are protecti ...

The digital transformation is rapidly changing the means by which people are informing themselves, getting in contact with others and collaborate. This trend does not stop at the IP world, but fundamentally changes the way, how clients expect to work ...

The digital transformation affects every branch of our society and changes the way people meet, interact and do business with each other. During the COVID pandemic, especially in knowledge intensive fields, the way how people work had completely trans ...

Commercialization of IP assets is not only relevant for technology and manufacturing companies, but increasingly also for digital companies, because their products and services are relying on digital, easy to copy goods and business models. Therefore, ...

Does the patent really encourage innovation? This question, that has haunted economists for decades, is important because encouraging innovation is one of the main modern justifications for patents. In fact, the answer to this question is far from bin ...

The HTBC initiative of the EPO organized on Tuesday 13th September a seminar on “Software and patents in medtech: boosting your growth as SME”. It was designed as an event with expert keynots, case study presentations and discussions on the role of IP ...