The worldwide spending on digital transformation (DX) is projected to reach 1.78 trillion U.S. dollars in 2022. This spending is necessary, since digital transformation must be more than the digitalization of existing business processes, but the creat ...

The video game market is a fast-growing market segment that had a global market value of 156 billion $US in 2020 and is expected to grow by over 70% until 2025. Video games today include games that can be played on a variety of devices, from computer ...

In a competitive digital business environment, digital patents are vital for maintaining the exclusivity position in eco-systems. The term digital patents originates from the economic value of digital patents in digital eco-systems. On the other hand, ...

Even though they are a relatively recent phenomenon, mobile apps became an inalienable part of our day-to-day experiences. The study of Newark-French already ten years ago found that consumers spend more time with mobile apps than on the web. Today, i ...

A revenue model describes with which revenue sources a business pursues its financial income. Due to the digital transformation and industry 4.0 a variety of new revenue models become available and more popular. One example can be advertising-based re ...

The ageing of societies leads to a higher number of elderly people requiring some kind of assistive technology. Assistive technology comprises all technologies which support persons with disability in their daily lives. This includes technologies from ...

A topic that has generated considerable debate, without a court case being involved, is the planned reform of the German Patent Act and, above all, the right to injunctive relief as provided by the Act. Pressure to amend the statutory right to injunct ...

3D printing is primarily a digital technology, and as such one of the key drivers of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The challenges of the digital economy of the 21st century in the context of the fourth industrial revolution require a constant deve ...

The building industry is a very traditional and conservative trade. To develop new digital business models the Umdasch Group founded Umdasch Group Ventures, which is an independent company next to the formwork company Doka with the purpose to develop ...

IP Litigators Face Several Key Questions Litigating an Intellectual Property dispute raises important questions: When does an insurer have to pay for a defense? Who should notify insurers and when – and which insurers? What if the insurers all s ...