Microsoft presented the office of the future at the Rudolf Diesel reception on April 13, 2018, on the occasion of the awarding of the diesel medals. A year ago Microsoft opened its German headquarters in Munich-Schwabing as one of the most modern offi ...

Munich, April 13, 2018 – The winners of the 2018 diesel medals have been announced. The companies HUMBOLDT-INNOVATION GmbH, TRENDONE GmbH, DAW SE (CAPAROL) and RATIONAL AG have been awarded Germany’s oldest innovation prize. With over 200 ...

China is with Huawei the king in patent filings in Europe. For the first time, a Chinese company files more patent application at the European Patent Office than any other company. This is the top of an iceberg and gives a clear signal how strong Chin ...

The organization of IP management within companies and between companies and service providers is a crucial success factor for innovation management. In the 4th module of the MIPLM in IP management, the participants were taught about the relationships ...

In March 2018, the MIPLM program proceeded with the 3rd module on innovation management and the integration of IP into the innovation process. The aim of this module was to lead to an understanding of the impact of different types of innovation and re ...

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.