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We are pleased to share a new case study highlighting the IP strategy programme we delivered with Enterprise Estonia and BDA Consulting for nine Estonian scale-ups. Drawing on research and tools developed by our IIPM Laboratory, the programme combined workshops, expert mentoring and our Roadmapping for IP Strategy Development methodology to help ni…

Members of the IIPM Laboratory and research collaborators participated in this year's EPIP 2026 Conference in Turin, contributing to discussions and presenting research. Professor Tietze participated as a panellist in the AIDB-sponsored roundtable “Democracy of Access to Intellectual Property Information in the Global Society” chaired by Nigel Clar…

A new IIPM working paper examines how generative AI is reshaping digital rights management and licensing across the creative industries. Moving beyond traditional access-control approaches, the study maps the emerging technology infrastructures needed to support provenance, identification, attribution, licensing, remuneration and enforcement for AI…

We are delighted to welcome Dr David Lohmar from the University of Münster to the IIPM Lab. David will be visiting us over the coming months, contributing to our ongoing research on the strategic motives and dynamics of patent litigation.The photo below also features Dr Thomas Schaeper, an ongoing collaborator from the University of Münster and for…

The Innovation and Intellectual Property Management (IIPM) Lab was represented at the Third European DAO Workshop (DAWO26), held on 6-7 July 2026 at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) in Winterthur, Switzerland. The conference brought together researchers and practitioners from across Europe and beyond to discuss recent developments i…

Several members and friends of the IIPM Lab participated in this year's R&D Management Conference, held in Manchester from 22–24 June under the theme “Creativity and Resilience in an Era of Technological Disruption”. 

We are pleased to share that a new article by members of the Innovation and Intellectual Property Management (IIPM) Laboratory and collaborators has been published in Nature Biotechnology.The article presents a Cambridge-based case study on the development of Cambridge Antibody Technology and related innovation activities surrounding therapeutic an…

Professor Tietze was recently invited to deliver an "IP Strategy and Innovation" module as part of the Tsinghua-WIPO Joint Master’s Degree Program in Intellectual Property and Innovation Policy (MIPIP) hosted at the Law Faculty of Tsinghua University in Beijing. The intensive three-day course engaged a diverse cohort of 18 students, including PhD c…

In a new article for R&D Today, Frank Tietze explores how organisations can better align IP decisions across teams and leadership levels. The piece explains how IP roadmapping, a visual strategy tool developed by the IIPM lab can help organisations coordinate decisions, avoid costly risks, and link IP activities to business objectives.The article s…

The development and diffusion of climate technologies is crucial for achieving ambitious environmental targets. Enterprises across different sectors play an important role in achieving these targets. Using the Y02 patent classification, this study proposes three metrics to quantify and assess the extent to which organisations contribute to developi…

The Innovation and Intellectual Property Management (IIPM) Laboratory is pleased to announce the latest addition to our strategic IP management toolkit: Strategizing with IP. Developed through a research project conducted by Roland A. Botchway and Prof. Frank Tietze, this tool is designed to help organisations move beyond merely ‘having’ a strategy…

We are very pleased to announce that our long standing collaboration partner and former colleague, Prof. Dr. Damiano Di Francesco Maesa from the University of Pisa (Italy), was invited to present progress we have made with our Climbing ALPS collaborative project with regards to the use of our jointly developed Automated Licensing Payment System (AL…

Frank Tietze and Graham Bell are delivering an IP strategy training programme for Enterprise Estonia, structured around the road-mapping based IP strategy development process. The programme is designed to support participating firms in formulating robust, forward-looking IP strategies tailored to their technological and commercial ambitions.The pro…

We are delighted to welcome three new visiting researchers to the IIPM Laboratory.Dr Dolores Modic (second from left) is an Associate Professor at the Division of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Nord University Business School, Norway. Her research explores technology transfer, intellectual property rights (including IP management), and sustaina…

We are delighted to announce that two members of the IIPM Laboratory have each received prestigious Doctoral Studies Programme funding from RADMA (Research and Development Management Association).Qi Ang Du has been awarded support for research on Intellectual Property Strategies and Governance Technology in the Transition to the Sharing Economy.Jan…