The latest data from the European Patent Office (EPO) on patent activities within the fourth industrial revolution (4IR) shows the dramatic development with a global growth in IPFs of 1,400% since the year 2000 and a growth of 54% in the last three ye ...

The role of IP and with it IP strategies have shifted dramatically during the last decades. Today, IP is in many cases not used anymore to keep potential competitors out of the own market. In the contrary, IP is licensed out to other companies to help ...

On November 20.11.2020, the fifth version of the Executive IP management days was organized by the IP-Management program at CEIPI. This time they were organized fully in distance learning and participants earned a University Certificate from CEIPI. Th ...

Digitalization is a game-changer in each and every industry and agriculture is no exception. The approach for Agriculture 4.0 is identical to that of Industry 4.0, where the aim is to intelligently connect production processes and control them based o ...

New research project at MIPLM about smart home appliances and the changing risk exposure due to digital business models: Analysis of the changing patent infringement risk situation in a digital transformation scenario. Currently, the fourth industrial ...

Digitalization is a game-changer in each and every industry. Sooner or later each business eco-systems underlies a digital transformation. This tendency has strong consequences for IP and especially patent strategies of affected enterprises. So, an an ...

New research project at the MIPLM: Digitalization of the wind turbine industry – it continues to grow at rapid speed. Many competitors in the market are promoting new services that come from the interconnectivity and digitalization of individual ...

There is a new research project at the MIPLM: “Digital transformation in the regulated healthcare industry: How to exclusify the digital consumer health care journey?” Ping An Healthcare’s “Good Doctor” now has over 300 million users and is the world’ ...

Digitalization is driving in many successful companies an organizational change how innovation and IP work is done. This often means that a centralized innovation lab is installed. This innovation lab is a central unit with the purpose to drive especi ...

The Mechanical Engineering Industry Association (VDMA) in Germany examined together with McKinsey & Company the area of digital platforms and applications. Despite a number of success stories, diverse efforts and investments, the industry of mecha ...