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. ...
Read MoreKleenex 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 ...
Read MoreAdvances 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 ...
Read MoreAt 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 ...
Read More„Challenges of digitalization for IP departments” was the title of Beat Weibel’s lecture at the VPP spring conference in Stuttgart. He describes a future scenario for IP work under the framework conditions of VUCA: volatility, uncertainty, compl ...
Read MoreStarting with the case studies from Hilti fleet management and Claas 365 FarmNet the MIPLM discussed the new role of IP within digital business models and how IP is integrated in business development in a era of digital transformation. This module was ...
Read MoreThe course, which was organized and successfully held by the Centre for International Intellectual Property Studies (CEIPI) at the University of Strasbourg, attracted 35 participants from around the globe. Participants came from China, Korea, Japan, B ...
Read MoreB. Braun is one of the leading medical technology companies in Europe. With a revenue of around 6.1 bn euros, business activities in 65 countries and nearly 56,000 employees, the company is active in hospital care, surgical instruments, outpatient mar ...
Read MorePeople are a key resource for companies in the knowledge economy. So human resource management (HRM) and leadership are core competencies and sources of competitive advantages for IP-driven companies. In the 5th module of the MIPLM in IP management, t ...
Read More12-13 April, more than 60 technology directors met at the CTO spring forum at the headquarters of the Fraunhofer Society in Munich. This meeting dealt with the question of the role of the CTO in digitization. Is it primarily a technical challenge or i ...
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