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Innovation and Intellectual Property Management (IIPM) Laboratory

Every year since 2019, from October to December we run an eight week elective module focused on Innovation & Strategic Management of Intellectual Property. The module is build around what we came to call the Cambridge IP strategy framework.

Lectures by Prof. Tietze are supported by a range of guest speakers who provides complementary perspectives on how IP and innovation is managed in different industries (e.g. aerospace, graphene sensors, semiconductors) and case study discussions (e.g. Dolby, Nutriset).

This year, the module is attended by more than 80 students, including 4th year engineering students, from various MPhil graduate programmes (e.g. ISMM, Advanced Chemical Engineering, Sustainable Development) and PhD students. 

News & Blog articles

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...

New paper published on the Geopolitics of Battery Technologies

20 May 2025

Together with colleagues from the Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy at the University of Muenster, the Fraunhofer Research Institution for Battery Cell Production (FFB) and the Helmholtz Institute Muenster (IMD-4) we have published the results of a patent study investigating the geostrategic race for leadership in...