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Innovation and Intellectual Property Management (IIPM) Laboratory

Following the days at Tongji University, Prof. Tietze provided a guest lecture to students at the East China Normal University (ECNU) as part of the module run by Dr. Aocheng Tang, Assitant Professor at ECNU's Department of Economics and Management and IIPM Lab alumni. This year, at ECNU he started teaching the first ever Chinese edition of the 4E1 module "Innovation and Strategic Management of IP" developed by Prof. Tietze at Cambridge. 

 

Prof. Tietze also had a chance to meet with Dr. Mingjin Guo, who is also an IIPM Lab alumni and was his first PhD student, as well as her partner Dr. Xianwei Shi. Dr. Shi completed his PhD at the IfM and now teaches at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. 

 

News & Blog articles

IIPM @ R&D Management Conference

1 July 2025

Qi Ang Du and Frank Tietze attended this year's R&D Management Conference in Pisa (Italy) organized by the Institute of Management of Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna . Frank Tietze acted as one of the chairs for the IP Management track jointly organized since 2021 with Alfred Radauer, Martin Moehrle, Ioanna Stefan, Martin...

Newspaper article

2 June 2025

A short opinion piece by Prof. Tietze was featured in the Brussels Morning Newspaper calling for more innovation within our IPR systems to address global challenges: https://brusselsmorning.com/we-need-strong-intellectual-property-rights-for-a-sustainable-future/73186/

Thought piece: Has Innovation Broken Western Culture? Reflections on Contemporary Western Culture and Possible Innovative Ways Forward

20 May 2025

By Frank Tietze (2025) Western culture today is profoundly shaped by ongoing waves of innovation, a concept close to my heart and to which I have dedicated many years of my professional research and teaching career. Technological innovation particularly has transformed daily life, created jobs, and helped build tech...