Category: Publications & Events

Under the motto “Wilo brings the future”, the pump experts from Dortmund won the German Innovation Award 2018. The Stratos MAXO is the smartest heating pump in the world with built-in intelligence, far beyond the usual high-efficiency pump ...

12-13 April, more than 60 technology directors met at the CTO spring forum at the headquarters of the Fraunhofer Society in Munich. This meeting dealt with the question of the role of the CTO in digitization. Is it primarily a technical challenge or i ...

Microsoft presented the office of the future at the Rudolf Diesel reception on April 13, 2018, on the occasion of the awarding of the diesel medals. A year ago Microsoft opened its German headquarters in Munich-Schwabing as one of the most modern offi ...

Munich, April 13, 2018 – The winners of the 2018 diesel medals have been announced. The companies HUMBOLDT-INNOVATION GmbH, TRENDONE GmbH, DAW SE (CAPAROL) and RATIONAL AG have been awarded Germany’s oldest innovation prize. With over 200 ...

China is with Huawei the king in patent filings in Europe. For the first time, a Chinese company files more patent application at the European Patent Office than any other company. This is the top of an iceberg and gives a clear signal how strong Chin ...

SMEs are a backbone for innovation in Europe. However, many SMEs lack a patent strategy – a phenomenon which has received much scrutiny. The European Patent Office has initiated a project to reveal SME patent strategies and document them for learning ...

While the patent policies of standard developing organizations (SDOs) are majorly for standard setting processes, the European Commission (EC) released a guideline for standard-essential patent (SEP) licensing practices on 29 November 2017.

With a European overview on best practice on IP-management issues in entrepreneurial environments, this conference is unique.

The European Patent Office (EPO) released its new study Patents and the Fourth Industrial Revolution: the inventions behind digital transformation in December 2017. Based on the patent data of EPO and the expertise of the examiners the study analyzed ...

The 360° IP strategy for the Thermomix TM5 was consistently and systematically designed in such a way that it covers all key customer benefits in its proprietary IP portfolio. The TM5 is not just a market leader in terms of the physical device, but it ...