The commercialization of intellectual property assets and with it the management of intellectual property as a whole, becomes more and more a global topic. Therefore, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) organized already in 2018 togeth ...

Chinese electric-car maker NIO is making waves in the electric vehicle (EV) industry thanks to its marketing approach. NIO was founded in 2014 and it’s a Shanghai-based startup that’s quickly become one of the world’s most valuable electric-car brands ...

How can IP keep pace with the agile development of digital business models? How can IP based risk management be adapted to the paradigm of iterative, agile project management and the speed of digital developments? This MIPLM thesis deals with the use ...

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 ...