SMEs are a backbone for innovation in Europe. However, many SMEs lack a patent strategy – a phenomenon which has received much scrutiny. The European Patent Office has initiated a project to reveal SME patent strategies and document them for learning ...

Rittal is implementing its Industry 4.0 strategy for the Smart Factory through the collection, communication and analysis of data in Siemens MindSphere and through the cloud-based data analytics application from IBM: Watson IoT. The Smart Factory Show ...

MIPLM program proceeds in February 2018 with the 2nd module about decision making and valuation. Decision making is a key challenge for IP managers and so the course is dedicated to understand the structure of business and IP management problems and t ...

While the patent policies of standard developing organizations (SDOs) are majorly for standard setting processes, the European Commission (EC) released a guideline for standard-essential patent (SEP) licensing practices on 29 November 2017.

MIPLM program starts in January 2018 with 18 students from eight different countries in Europe and Asia. 1st module of MIPLM focusses on strategy development and the economy of IP.

With a European overview on best practice on IP-management issues in entrepreneurial environments, this conference is unique.

The European Patent Office (EPO) released its new study Patents and the Fourth Industrial Revolution: the inventions behind digital transformation in December 2017. Based on the patent data of EPO and the expertise of the examiners the study analyzed ...

The 360° IP strategy for the Thermomix TM5 was consistently and systematically designed in such a way that it covers all key customer benefits in its proprietary IP portfolio. The TM5 is not just a market leader in terms of the physical device, but it ...

Formal Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs), mainly including Patents, Trademarks and Design rights, play a key role in creation of competitive advantages for companies and in development of highly disruptive business models for industries.

At the invitation of the new advisory board of the Diesel Board of Trustees, Dr. Markus Kirchler, partner and member of the MHP board of directors, a Porsche subsidiary for IT, strategy and management consulting, the CTO autumn forum 2017 took place i ...