Many IP experts don’t struggle with the substance of their work. They struggle with helping others see why it matters. You know the effort it takes to protect an innovation pipeline, manage complex filings, or advise on high-stakes licensing deals. Bu ...

Licensing transforms IP from a legal asset into a strategic business tool. Task 13 of the CEIPI-EPO MIPLM’25 exam challenges candidates to explain how IP generates economic value. Using AutoPlus S.E. as a case, this post shows how licensing—combined w ...

The Business Development Email Course for IP Experts offers a practical and strategic framework to understand and improve how intellectual property professionals position themselves in the market. Delivered over six concise emails, this course is buil ...

The global steel industry, a foundational pillar of economic development and infrastructure worldwide, is currently undergoing a period of profound and multifaceted transformation. It is far from a static commodity market, profoundly impacted by shift ...

July 22, 2025, the CEIPI IP Business Academy hosted a compelling IP Business Live Talk featuring two prominent figures in licensing compliance: Tomas Geerkens, IP Subject Matter Expert for Licensing Compliance, and Younes Lazrak, CEO of Innovation &am ...

Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) are the heartbeat of many economies—agile, creative, and full of potential. Yet too often, their most valuable assets remain unrecognized and unprotected. The guidebook UandIP for MSMEs, by Alexandra Joyce ...

The oral exam of the CEIPI-EPO Master Program in Intellectual Property Law and Management is known for its practical complexity. In this blog post from our series “Could You Have Answered That?”, we explore Task 3 — a core challenge for aspiring IP ma ...

In this CEIP IP Business Talk, the focus was on a subject that’s rapidly transforming how legal professionals, especially in Intellectual Property (IP) law, approach their work: AI-based court decision analysis. On 8th of July, host Alexander Wurzer w ...

Business books often promise transformation but deliver either bloated theory or fleeting inspiration. Maria Boicova-Wynants’ One Evening MBA does neither. Instead, it serves as a crisp, no-nonsense roadmap for time-starved professionals who want an M ...

The 2025 Rudolf Diesel Medal ceremony, held on July 10 at the historic MAN Museum in Augsburg, once again brought together a remarkable community of visionaries, inventors, entrepreneurs, and innovation advocates. As Germany’s oldest innovation award— ...