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Using trade secrets strategy to steer a driverless software company to success

Oxa’s Head of Licensing and IP Management Alex Tame explains his philosophy on efficient IP management in the nascent but competitive autonomous vehicle market

12 April 2024

Fourth Industrial Revolution radically reshaping IP strategies

Key takeaways from IAM’s second annual IP and Emerging Technology Europe conference

15 March 2024

EPO seeking to boost transparency and patent quality, says VP for Patent Granting Process

But many of the Industry Patent Quality Charter’s criticisms are unfounded and represent only one point of view, Stephen Rowan tells IAM

13 March 2024

Breaking: Avanci launches EV Charger patent licensing programme

The offering is the company’s sixth new platform of 2023

05 December 2023

Avanci launches long-awaited 4G smart meter programme with first licensee

Latest scheme, which offers single licence to patents owned by 39 licensors, kicks off with EDMI on board

31 October 2023

UPC adds to need for EPO patent quality improvement, says Siemens’ IP chief

Beat Weibel speaks exclusively to IAM about the future of the Industry Patent Quality Charter

17 July 2023

EPO staff endorse industry patent quality complaints

Response to IPQC continues a long-running and bitter feud between leadership and staff

10 March 2023

Greater transparency needed at the EPO, says Deutsche Telekom’s patent chief

Alexander Haertel talks about the Industry Patent Quality Charter, the UPC and German injunctions in an exclusive IAM interview

09 February 2023

EPO must focus on quality rather than efficiency, says Siemens IP chief

Beat Weibel, who is spearheading a new Industry Patent Quality Charter, is calling for change at the European Patent Office

31 October 2022

Meet the people who make the global patent transactions market tick

The Long Read: Grounded at home and facing an uncertain business environment, IP business leaders still found ample opportunity to make innovative deals during the covid pandemic. Today, we name the individuals sitting in places 40 down to 11 in this year's IAM Market Makers ranking

25 August 2021