Advances in digital technologies have led to the emergence of new business models that potentially challenge the status quo of many industries. The business models of ventures such as Netflix or Tencent have already created measurable changes for thei ...

Through consistent digitalization, Rittal achieves many goals that previously seemed hardly possible. The acceleration of processes in control and switchgear construction, the increase of profit margins, the reduction of personnel costs and the reduct ...

The Erwin Hymer Group is a leading producer of premium recreational vehicles with around a quarter of the European market share in motorhomes, camper vans and caravans. Additionally to the vehicle producers also accessory specialists and rental and fi ...

Where we come from? The IP Business Academy is the blog of the IP management education at CEIPI. The IP Business Academy was founded in 2019 with the vision to be platform for IP knowledge and to have a positive impact on global innovation systems. It ...

The new Chinese patent law came into effect on June 1, 2021. This amendment involves many aspects, such as introduction of partial design, service invention, distribution of patent monetization, abuse of patent rights, patent term extension, voluntary ...

In the current fast changing world traditional approaches of long term strategic research and development processes might not fit the promptness of change currently taking place. The knowledge-driven economy in front of businesses now sets new challen ...

With the passing of the law for the modernization of patent law in the German Bundestag early this morning, the regulations of patent law will be adapted to the challenges of the time and in particular the requirements of digitalization for the first ...

The 5th module of the MIPLM program is about human resource management (HRM), leadership and management control systems. The digital transformation is not a passing phase: It is the next evolution level of industry. Companies require a digitally adapt ...

Intellectual property has become a crucial factor and driving force in the knowledge-based economy. Due to digitalization, Industry 4.0, artificial intelligence and the digital transformation of business eco-systems, the economic development and compe ...

A strategy for collaboration, particularly when innovating together, must consider the manner in which Intellectual Property is distributed within such a collaboration. In this blogpost we share some tools and tips on how to build a tailored, simple t ...