Pünktlich zur offiziellen Einführung der Norm im Frühjahr bietet AcIAS e.V. (Aachen Institut of of Applied Science) am 5.3.2020 an der FH Aachen das erste eintägige Orientierungsseminar in dem IP Fachleute und Führungskräfte in den Unternehmen, aber auch Wirtschaftsprüfer und Patentanwälte die Auswirkungen der DIN 77006 auf Rollen und Prozesse in den Unternehmen kennenlernen. Kaum eine Branche ist heute noch ohne Managementsysteme marktfähig. Bisher war es schwierig mit etablierten Management-Normen den Bereich der IP-Dienstleistungen abzubilden. Die klassische ISO 9001 war [...]

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has launched a public consultation on artificial intelligence (AI) and intellectual property (IP) policy, inviting feedback on a draft paper designed to help define the most-pressing questions likely to face IP policy makers. The draft paper can be downloaded here:   Be it self-driving cars, industry 4.0 or digital business models nobody even thought of only a few years ago: The stage is set for AI to change our life. Yet, this poses huge [...]

Schattdecor is able to print a watermark which is invisible to the naked eye on furniture decor. Only a mobile phone camera with a special app can make the trademark protected sign visible. On this path to the digitalization of furniture decors, completely new applications are possible. Customers can scan any decor, whether on the physical furniture in the store, at home on a printed catalogue or on the screen, and the app shows all information about this decor. This [...]

Digitalization is a game-changer in each and every industry. Sooner or later the business eco-systems underly a digital transformation. This tendency has strong consequences for IP- and especially patent strategies for affected enterprises. In this LES Nouvelles paper by Wurzer/Grünewald/Fischer/Karl the authors explain from their experience of real cases from the European industry and some methodical approaches how to manage and execute IP strategies within the realm of industry 4.0. The phenomena subsumed under the keywords of “fourth industrial revolution” [...]

The trend towards digitalization is spreading at high speed and with enormous reach. There is currently no product to be identified that cannot be digitized accordingly. The EcoSystem Smart Farming is a typical example where the networking of agricultural machinery and external information sources and services has opened up new potentials for optimizing productivity in agriculture. A pioneer of this development is the agricultural machinery manufacturer Claas, who thanks to digital farming and precision farming also guarantees a minimal use [...]

Die digitale Transformation der Bauindustrie ist in vollem Gange. Dadurch eröffnen sich viele Möglichkeiten die Bauprozesse effizienter zu gestalten. Schöck erweitert sein Angebot an digitalen Produkten und Services entlang der gesamten Wertschöpfungskette begleitet mit IP-Design. So gestaltet das Unternehmen nicht nur Kundennutzen mit digitalen Ansätzen, sondern sorgt auch durch die durchsetzbare Exklusivität mit IP für nachhaltigen Innovationserfolg und Rendite für die zukunftsweisenden Lösungen. Schöck verbindet seine physischen Produkte und Serviceleistungen mit den digitalen Anforderungen der Kunden. Impulsgeber der Digitalisierung ist [...]

The development of streaming platforms was the big step to transform the business ecosystem of the media sector and media is also for other sectors a leading example how the digital transformation changes the business. To make this change of business models successful and sustainable companies have to define their patent strategies and build a strong and fitting patent portfolio. In the case of streaming services companies try for example to make use of the data of the buying behavior [...]

The registration for the 12th edition of the CEIPI summer school has opened. Unique in Europe and in the world, this Summer School offers a two weeks theoretical and practical training for both scientific and law backgrounds. In fact, the division of the course into two parts, the first devoted to a general stream and the second a specialized stream, during which students may opt for a “Patent path” or a “Trademark and Designs path” makes this Summer School specific. [...]

The registration for the 3rd edition of CEIPI’s advanced training program on “Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property”, 23-25 April 2020 has opened. Following the very successful first two editions (2018 and 2019) with a high number of AI and IP professionals coming from Europe, Brazil, Canada, the United States, China and Malaysia including senior officials from renowned institutions the third edition aims to answer the pressing questions on the intersections of IP law, IP policy and ethics regarding AI. AI [...]

365FarmNet, CLAAS and John Deere introduced their DataConnect – the first direct industry-wide and manufacturer-independent cloud-to-cloud solution which overcomes one of the main issues in the Smart Farming Ecosystem: Interoperability. Exchanging data via a common interface in real-time as well as controlling and monitoring their entire machinery fleet using their favourite system is the key requirement of the farmer. In the past for the agricultural data, which has been collected across a mixed machinery fleet, there was no practicable way [...]