Widely recognised as Europe's best zoo, Pairi Daiza relies on inspiration to turn vision into reality
8 IP hurdles for VCs in spinning out deep tech
As a pioneer of European seed capital for deep tech, Stephan Raucher at Earlybird-X regularly encounters 8 IP hurdles
Near licensing miss for €70m scaler
Tech ventures often think too narrowly about licensing at the start: it certainly wasn’t in the original plan at Infinite Roots
25 metrics for premier performance
After 8 seasons in the Premier League, 25 metrics keep Brighton moving ahead, says the club’s chief executive, Paul Barber
Fighting for your dream
No matter how long they take, dreams are worth pursuing, says former Dragons’ Den star
Strategically open
Digital makes all innovation open to some degree: the question is to how capture new value in the right business model
Mobilising the IP in Europe's deep tech
What Europe's largest investor in deep-tech ventures expects at each stage of scaling high-risk ideas: the EIC's Viorel Peca comments
Thinking differently with books
Michael Burne at Carbon Law discusses why Working with Strangers has joined his all-time list of business books
IP strategies for the second funding round
As you scale, investors are looking at more than the potential of your IP, says Mathias Karlhuber
Building an innovation system for serial exits
4 licences, 6 spin-offs, multiple IP options: Ghassan Kassab's innovation system
Leadership for innovation
Too many leaders are left disappointed by innovation. Think more expansively to tap into a flow of ideas, says Patrick Faniel
IP-backed financing
IP rich with the potential for high growth? The financing gap for scale-ups is starting to close
AI routines, drug discovery and the potential for IP
Ventures like Insilico are taking a lead with AI routines to power the discovery of new treatments
Crossing tech's valley of death
When only an eighth of breakthroughs reach the market, it's star commercialisers who make the difference
Growing by connecting personally
In the modern workplace, growth still depends on connecting personally, says Rafael Gozalo at thePower
Innovating for break-out value
Put purpose before solution and open up the potential for multiplying your value, not once but several times, says Robert Klinski at Patentship
The IP in France's AI surge
France's AI start-ups rely as much on proprietary algorithms and data as on patenting innovations
Ego and generosity? The leader’s balance
Olivier Courtois discusses an action plan for balancing ambition with the value you can add
How IP is inspiring high growth and capturing break-out value in 2025/26
New title about lining up the right IP in the right business model with the right mindset to scale exponentially
Innovating with edge technologies
In edge technologies, why is it so few who are fully grasping the potential for innovation and IP, asks Robert Klinski
Launch at Riverside Books
Sell-out for Robert Flint's new book about collaboration as a superpower for winning business
Compete against big tech and supercharge your growth with referrals
How referrals can supercharge flows of work across extended networks in the modern workplace
The seven dysfunctions that repeatedly cause leaders to lose their way
It takes constant vigilance to keep your business, your career and your life on track, says Olivier Courtois
Creating IP with impact
Three EPO case studies review how layer by layer IP creates a foundation for complex innovation
Rethinking your IP for digital
The IP you own in one domain may be less effective when you switch to digital, says Mathias Karlhuber
Leadership, yes, but what for?
Know what your leadership is for, identify three drivers for stand-out performance, says Patrick Faniel at MCE
Five ways to become an agile IP venture like Nvidia
Andrea Schuessler highlights five ways for agile IP ventures to become future ready
Holding off IP pursuers
DT Swiss redefined how bikers change their wheels, then faced an uphill climb to hold off its IP pursuers
Exponential IP as a model
Audrey Yap at the High-growth Technology Business Initiative discusses the potential for exponential IP
Innovating with medical AI
Philip Johnson at Walk with Path reviews Minesoft's survey of medical AI
First to market
Christoph Behrens and Lukas Bischoff at Meissner trace how the gene editor Intellia took its IP from Nobel to Nasdaq
Scrutiny of intellectual assets
Scrutiny of your IAs is intensifying, as investors expect to gain easy access to your data room, says Sarah Grant at Stratagem
How IP is fuelling innovation and high growth for 2024/25
20 routes to innovation and high growth with IP
IP cluster continues the cycle of innovation
A cluster of 3D printing around TU Vienna is creating a platform for repeated innovation
Freedom to pivot
Keep your freedom to pivot without destroying value and losing priority, says Eugene Shteyn
From platform IP to tech exit
By connecting wind turbines to IoT, a TUM spin-out turned platform IP into a portfolio for investors to acquire and operate
Medical innovation transformed
As AI transforms medical innovation, bring your IP up to speed, say Christian Heubeck and Stephan Jellbauer at Weickmann
Unlocking IP for safer e-bikes
Italian start-up steers its IP from its origins in motorsports to co-creating solutions for safer e-bikes
Find the tech sweet spot
Find the tech sweet spot to become one of the winners from digital transformation, says Robert Klinkski at Patentship
Pricing intellectual assets at exit
Three elements determine the final price of a high-growth tech business, says Juergen Graner at Globalator
Research to lift-off: ten high IP impacts
High growth? High impact? Ten IP highlights from three EPO case studies
Disruptive innovators leave prior art to last
Take a cue from Tesla or blockchain, says Robert Klinski at Patentship
Climbing the ladder of IP support
An all-woman team of inventors opens up a path through Turkey’s ladders of IP support
Three steps to realising the value in edge tech
In edge technologies, too many are missing the potential for innovation and IP, says Robert Klinski at Patentship
Take manufacturing risks off grid to make a big innovative switch
Innovate the manufacturing model to bring capital-intensive solutions to market, says Toby Gill at IPG
Fit for US consumers
Atlantic Therapeutics is raising $45m to make UCD’s original IP fit for US consumers
Why confident diversity makes business sense for Confused.com
Create the confidence to make a reality of diversity, says Louise o’Shea, chief executive of Confused.com
High-growth tech characteristics
Let’s debunk myths round high-growth tech businesses, says Audrey Yap at the High-growth Technology Business Initiative
Breaking the bias for women leaders
How women become leaders: it’s time for a change in approach, says Hilarie Owen at the Leaders Institute
The power of pivots
How the power to pivot put Oxeon aboard the first helicopter to fly on Mars
Who gains from Industry 4.0 collaborations
Without transformed business models, suppliers struggle to compete, reports Marcos Kauffman
Start-up system: organise in departments first, then grow
How to put in a place a start-up system so investors know you can scale
Start-up to scale-up: lining up the money to grow
What funders expect from entrepreneurs and founders at each stage of their growth
Workplace skills for the post-pandemic workplace
Master anxieties? inspire others? influence without authority? The workplace skills that now really count
Augmented IP reality
How Dispelix is scaling its IP into a venture ready for augmented reality in Silicon Valley
IP, SMEs and high-level performance
IP makes SMEs 21% more likely to grow, report Thomas Bereuter, Yann Ménière and Ilja Rudyk at the EPO
IP models for tomorrow's technology leaders
Model your IP for speed and complexity, say Bowman Heiden and Ruud Peters
IP and IPOs: what stock markets expect
IP proved vital for Marinomed’s €22m flotation on the Vienna Stock Exchange
Proof of tech without market traction
Use IP to power through the early rounds of funding, says Philipp Kramer at Dyemansion
Innovating with the Mittelstand
Support for employees as inventors is a distinctive characteristic of Germany’s hidden champions
Negotiations for upstarts
Tilt the balance of power in your favour in IP negotiations
The three intellectual assets that drive value
The best returns come from tech, brands and operational excellence, says Juergen Graner
LESI president comments
Audrey Yap reviews new title on IP and high growth
IP for blitzscalers
Brian More, a scale-up director, reviews Novaro's new title on IP and high growth
Where blockchain works best
For the most impact, bring together multiple mistrusting parties and cut out intermediaries, says Troy Norcross at Blockchain Rookies
Capture the value in soft IP
Algorithms, designs, know-how and proof of concept are joining patents as key elements in today’s innovation mix, says Carol Daniel at City, University of London
New business models in manufacturing
Blockchain will transform how manufacturers compete and operate, though only a few are implementing at scale as yet, says Marcos Kauffman at AME
Blockchain takes customer loyalty to another level
Customer reward schemes are ripe for disruption. Kate Baucherel discusses how blockchain is transforming the landscape for customer loyalty
Revolutionisation of business models
In a review of <i>Growing with Blockchain</i>, Kokila Alagh of Karm Legal in Dubai comments on the multi-faceted impact that blockchain is now making
Ten tips for on-screen meetings and presentations
On Zoom or Skype, make sure you are present visually, verbally and vocally, says Novaro author
How speakers perform at defining moments
Novaro title reviews how individuals and teams become the best version of themselves when under the spotlight
Positive response from Royal Society’s entrepreneurs
Novaro start-up title circulated to The Royal Society’s industry fellows and entrepreneurs in residence
IP title kicks off at the Aviva
Book by 24 top-level IP performers makes debut at the European Patent Office’s high-growth technology conference
Titles featured by the Malvern Book Co-op
Three Novaro authors give talks and promote their books at the Malvern Festival of Innovation
From spin-out to international player
Christian Hackl at TUM-Tech and Thomas Bereuter at the EPO discuss the role that IP played in Orcan's dynamic growth in generating power from waste heat