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The next newsletter will cover the following topics:

Renewables Are Becoming the Electricity System

Jan Rosenow recently highlighted new IEA data showing renewables overtaking coal as the world’s largest source of electricity generation. The issue explores why this development shifts attention from individual technologies toward the systems that integrate and coordinate them — and what that means for IP management.

Orchestration Is Becoming the Smart-Machine Differentiator

Dimitrios Spiliopoulos identifies unified platforms for managing diverse fleets of robots, sensors and machines as a major opportunity in Smart Machines and Physical AI. We look at why the orchestration layer may become a decisive control point — and which questions companies should ask before these ecosystems harden.

Cybersecurity Debt Becomes Regulatory Delay

Sean Smith explains how one missing or wrongly designed cybersecurity control can push a MedTech product back into development during an FDA 510(k) programme. The newsletter considers why cybersecurity, regulatory evidence and IP decisions need to be coordinated much earlier than many teams assume.

Who Will Control the Operating System of the Energy Transition?

Hermione Thompson examines where value and control may concentrate as energy systems become more distributed and digitally coordinated. Her contribution offers IP managers a useful lens for looking beyond physical infrastructure to the digital layer of the energy transition.

When UPC Litigation Leverage Becomes a Portfolio-Design Issue

A forthcoming article starts from Christof Augenstein’s view of the UPC as an international system and asks what this means for patent portfolio design. It considers how companies can create litigation leverage before a dispute emerges.

Data and Technology Standards

This dIPlex Deep Dive examines two recurring questions in connected systems: who may access and use the data they generate, and who controls the standards that enable interoperability? The framework provides relevant background for connected energy, Industrial IoT and digital health.

Smart Grids and the Future of Energy

Smart grids combine energy infrastructure, AI and patent strategy to integrate renewable generation at scale. The article complements the lead story by showing why the transition to smart grids creates new questions around innovation and control.

Is Your Digital Footprint Conference-Ready?

A conference meeting rarely begins at the conference. Potential clients, partners and peers often look up speakers and attendees before deciding whom to approach. The article explains how a coherent digital footprint can make an expert’s relevance visible before the first conversation.