Category: Press / Interviews

Quantum technology is moving from a scientific frontier topic into an economically relevant field that attracts industrial investment, public funding, and strategic competition. While much of the discussion still focuses on technological breakthroughs ...

Many companies invest heavily in technology, patents, software, brands, or know-how, yet underestimate the document that often determines whether these assets truly generate value: the license agreement. A licensing contract is not an administrative a ...

For many companies, their most valuable assets are not patents or trademarks, but confidential knowledge. Manufacturing processes, algorithms, customer data, or internal strategies often define their competitive edge. Unlike registered IP rights, trad ...

In the recorded live interview with host Prof. Dr. Alexander Wurzer, Johannes Ernicke, Patent Attorney and Managing Director of patenza, took a differentiated look at how artificial intelligence is currently used in IP law firms and where its real, st ...

The highly succesful Call for IP Subject Matter Experts in Europe got extended throughout 2026 and the IP Business Academy continues to look for IP experts who are supporting the users of the IP system in Europe. The IP Business Academy emerges as a p ...

In the middle of most complex development projects sits a simple commercial truth: teams need options. When a competitor’s patent blocks a promising concept, progress stalls, budgets bleed, and a launch window narrows. Nicos Raftis has built his pract ...

Trade secrets have become the quiet heavyweights of IP. They are the formulas, process know-how, customer lists, pricing logics and data structures that keep many businesses ahead. But the moment these assets are at stake in court, one brutal reality ...

When Sonja London talks about out-licensing, she does not start with contracts. She starts with timing, value and culture. As immediate Past President of LESI and founder of Fearless IP, her perspective is rooted in operational reality: most companies ...

Scale-ups have become an essential part of the European innovation landscape. They sit at a critical stage between early technological breakthroughs and substantial market presence. Unlike start-ups, which focus on proving feasibility and securing ini ...

If you lead an IP department or an R&D team, you don’t just need another tool — you need a repeatable way to create demand for IP, prove its value inside your organization, and convert that value into measurable business outcomes. That’s exactly w ...