After a ban on import and sale of the iPhone devices 6S, 6S +, 7, 7+, 8, 8+ and X was enforced against Apple for patent infringement in China in December 2018 the patent war is now continuing in Germany. Also, in Germany Apple has to take the iPhone m ...

The number of patents that are potentially or actually essential for the implementation of a technology standard is increasing dramatically and exacerbating the challenges that already exist today in dealing with such property rights and especially in ...

More than thirty heads of industrial IP departments and operational IP experts are active as mentors for the Diesel Medal Graduate School. Thanks to the mentors, the research work at the graduate school is successfully embedded in industrial practice. ...

Blockchain technology has the disruptive potential to transform many important industries from healthcare to finance. This technology is commonly associated with Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies, but that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Blockchain is ...

5G mobile networks will support internet of things applications and deployments. The key features in 5G will benefit and boost the IoT and the impact of 5G across industries. This new technology will represent a fundamental shift in communication netw ...

Kleenex is synonymous with paper tissues, Aspirin with pain killers, Scotch with adhesive tape, and BIC with correction pens. In fact, these brands have lent their names to entire product categories, evoking direct associations with quality and functi ...

Billions of Euros and Dollars are spent around the globe to make future happen: autonomous driving or so-called robot cars. There is no doubt that the future of driving are driverless cars with a combination of sensors, actuators, and software to cont ...

The car has become a networked infotainment center in recent years. “Connectivity and state-of-the-art infotainment have found their way into all brands and all classes” announced VW CEO Martin Winterkorn, who has since stepped down, alrea ...

Advances in digital technologies have led to new opportunities for business model innovation. This is not just true for digital-born companies like Facebook, Google, or Apple. Increasingly, it also applies to companies from traditional sectors, indust ...

At the beginning of the day, the questions in the room were “Is anything new with Industry 4.0 and IP?” and “Is it possible to protect anything at all in digital business models?”. At the end of the conference, the last panel discussion summed up the ...