On April 30 2020, a seminar on the subject of “Patent protection of digital solutions for SMEs: from the app to the business model” was organized by the Europe Enterprise Network (EEN) and the Standortagentur Tirol. The protection of intel ...

The MedTech industry has experienced impressive growth over the last decades and the market is still growing enormously. IP is one of the key drivers for successful digital transformation within the healthcare industry. By taking a comprehensive appro ...

Agility and digitalization seem to be the pillars of the future of successful companies. Or is it just a current bubble that will burst and everything is going on as usual? Honestly, these concepts do not really deal with new insights. The term agilit ...

At least one third of all inventions are digital, according to data from the European Patent Office. Therefore, it becomes increasingly important to learn how to patent these kinds of digital business objects like use cases, user and customer journeys ...

The digital transformation affects all business eco-systems, including the paper industry. The traditional use of paper is being replaced by digital solutions, in newspapers and journals, in computer printouts and in payments: paper is on the decline ...

The revolution in the kitchen took place in 2014: Vorwerk brought a completely modernized Thermomix to the market with a chip that displays digital recipes including the necessary preparation steps, which the device takes over directly, on a touch dis ...

The central question of this research project is: How do digital inventions come about? Under the keyword Industry 4.0, digital transformation is taking place across industry borders in business and this makes the ability to patent digital inventions ...

Digital patents are central strategic instruments in digitization. They secure access to profitable positions in digitally transforming eco-systems. Regardless of whether it is 5G, IoT, AI, blockchain, cyber-physical systems or big data applications i ...

Digitalization causes a complete paradigm shift of production and innovation options. In a digital environment, innovation systems and management of technology face new challenges. Product development and engineering departments across the globe need ...

The most important result of a study by the German Institute for Invention on the role of IP in Industry 4.0 are the challenges that medium-sized companies have when dealing with digital patents. The inventive results of software and digital experts o ...