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Innovation and Intellectual Property Management (IIPM) Laboratory

We are delighted to announce that a new IIPM paper has been published in Technological Forecasting and Social Change (TFSC) jointly written by Dr. Maximilian Elsen and Prof. Tietze. 

Prior research shows that most climate change adaptation technologies (CCAT) are invented in high-income countries (HIC) with few studies analysing the contributions made by LMIC inventors to the development of CCAT technologies. Using the Y02A CPC class, this study sheds light on the contributions to the CCAT development coming from LMIC inventors and countries. The authors identify 56,045 CCAT-related international patent families being filed from 1980 to 2019, out of which about 10% seem to be developed with contributions from LMIC-based inventors (3.5% excluding China and India). Data has been analysed chronologically comparing patenting across the six Y02 groups, across country groups and across organisations for upper-middle and lower-middle income countries.

Elsen, Maximilian, and Frank Tietze. ‘Contributions from Low- and Middle-Income Countries to the Development of Climate Change Adaptation Technologies: A Patent Analysis’. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2024.

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

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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...