Category: Press / Interviews

The Unified Patent Court is moving from a new forum into an established part of European patent litigation. Decisions on infringement, validity and procedure are creating a growing body of case law. For companies, the value of these decisions lies in ...

Employee mobility, third-party know-how and the risks of using confidential information – Part 2 of our interview with Dr. Axel Oldekop When companies think about trade secret protection, they usually focus on preventing their own confidential informa ...

A promising battery formulation can demonstrate impressive performance in the laboratory. Turning that result into a competitive product involves a much wider set of decisions. Electrodes, electrolytes, interfaces and production methods may all contri ...

What companies can learn from case law and the latest commentary on the German Trade Secrets Act – An interview with Dr. Axel Oldekop Trade secrets are among the most valuable assets of many companies. But what happens when confidential know-how is di ...

A successful cleantech pilot changes the decisions a company has to make. Commercial partners need technical information, engineers adapt the process for industrial use, and customers reveal requirements that were difficult to anticipate in the labora ...

Patent litigation can affect a company’s access to markets, its relationships with customers and the commercial value of its technology. The Unified Patent Court brings these consequences into sharper focus: enforcement across several countries can cr ...

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 ...

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 ...