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IP strategy development and invention harvesting: MIPLM Dinner speech by Dr. Robert Klinski

In the last week of January 2024 the MIPLM started at the CEIPI with the first module on IP Strategy development. IP Strategy development is the first core process which is defined in the relevant standards for quality in IP management and innovation ...

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Case Study: Signify and the SAILS Methodology

The SAILS approach was originally developed as a road-mapping tool for analyzing disruptive threats to a company’s business model. SAILS is an acronym and stands for the initials of the individual methodological building blocks: (S) Standards, (A) Arc ...

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Job offer Erbe Elektromedizin GmbH: Patent Engineer

Erbe Elektromedizin GmbH was founded in 1851 in Tuebingen, Germany, and has today more than 1.700 employees and 21 subsidiaries, which supply over 110 countries with their products. In the 5th generation, the family-owned company develops, produces an ...

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MIPLM Case study: Dominant Design and IP

Dominant design is a technology management concept introduced by Utterback and Abernathy in 1975, identifying key technological features that become a de facto standard. A dominant design is the one that wins the allegiance of the marketplace, the one ...

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Job offer Essilor: R&D Protection Innovation Manager (Physics or Optics or Embedded Systems)

EssilorLuxottica is a global leader in the design, manufacture and distribution of ophthalmic lenses, frames and sunglasses. Formed in 2018 by the combination of Essilor and Luxottica, the company combines two centuries of innovation and human endeavo ...

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How the history can teach us whether patents really encourage innovation

Does the patent really encourage innovation? This question, that has haunted economists for decades, is important because encouraging innovation is one of the main modern justifications for patents. In fact, the answer to this question is far from bin ...

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Design Driven Innovation: The VORWERK Thermomix

A revolution in Europe’s kitchens took place when the Thermomix TM5 was launched in September 2014 to replace its predecessor, the TM31, which had already been on the market since 2004. The TM5 represents Vorwerk’s digital transformation. Not only is ...

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Case Study: Signify and the SAILS Methodology Approach. 3rd module of the MIPLM 2021/22

The SAILS approach was originally developed as a road-mapping tool for analyzing disruptive threats to a company’s business model. SAILS is an acronym and stands for the initials of the individual methodological building blocks: (S) Standards, (A) Arc ...

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IP Lessons from Vintage Tech

All IP is not valuable IP. In industry there are three essential components to valuable technical IP, i.e., Technology, Legal and Market. The latter one happens to be perhaps the prime reason why IP rights exist in the first place. As seen in FIG. 1, ...

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Did they really patent this use case? – Example: Streaming industry

The global video streaming market size is expected to reach in 2022 USD 932 billion. The growing fondness towards streaming services like Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, and others can have a tremendous impact on the market growth in the forthcoming year ...

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