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Innovation and Intellectual Property Management (IIPM) Laboratory

Read more at: Farewell to Alexander Viets and David Gross

Farewell to Alexander Viets and David Gross

2 October 2024

We are saying good-bye to two of our IIPM visitors. Alexander Viets was a visiting PhD student from the University of Muenster. David Gross visited us to complete his master thesis as part of his programme at the RWTH Aachen. We look forward to continue our collaborations on joint papers and wish you all the best for your...


Read more at: New paper published in TFSC

New paper published in TFSC

2 October 2024

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...


Read more at: Prof. Tietze delivers opening keynote at the 1st WIPO CoP Symposium

Prof. Tietze delivers opening keynote at the 1st WIPO CoP Symposium

2 October 2024

Last year, under the leadership of Andrew Czajkowski and Christopher Harrison, WIPO initiated a new Community of Practice (CoP) for patent analytics bringing together patent/IP offices from around the work to join forces and share experience on their work. The CoP held its inaugural in-person Symposium “Elevating Patent...


Read more at: Congratulations to Alexander Moerchel

Congratulations to Alexander Moerchel

2 October 2024

Many congratulations to soon-to-be Dr. Alexander Moerchel, who successfully completed his viva only with very minor corrections. His thesis is titled “Intellectual Property Management in Innovation Ecosystems – Developing Visual Methods for Mapping Dynamics, Uncertainties and Risks”. Many thanks to Prof. Tim Minshall, who...


Read more at: IIPM Commences New EU Horizon project, Impact Licensing Initiative

IIPM Commences New EU Horizon project, Impact Licensing Initiative

1 October 2024

IIPM is very pleased to announce the commencement of the Impact Licensing Initiative (ILI), a new EU-funded project (backed up by UKRI guarentee funding) aimed at optimizing the use of technologies and data to address societal challenges in Europe and beyond. The project officially started on August 1, 2024, and will run...


Read more at: IIPM Lab @ EPIP conference in Pisa

IIPM Lab @ EPIP conference in Pisa

17 September 2024

What a fantastic conference it was this year in Pisa. Caterina Sganga and her team really hosted an excellent EPIP conference at Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna in Pisa (Italy). The IIPM Lab was represented by Prof. Tietze and Geoff White. On the first day of the conference, Prof. Tietze was involved with the PhD Workshop...


Read more at: Welcome to the team: Dr Soujanya Mantravadi

Welcome to the team: Dr Soujanya Mantravadi

4 September 2024

Dr Soujanya Mantravadi joined the IIPM Lab in September to work on the ILI project (Impact Licensing Initiative) funded by EU Horizon, respectively UKRI. Soujanya brings a wealth of experience to the table and joining us from the IfM’s Centre for International Manufacturing (CIM). She has a PhD in industrial engineering...


Read more at: IIPM lab to embark on new, EU(UKRI)-funded project "Impact Licensing Initiative"

IIPM lab to embark on new, EU(UKRI)-funded project "Impact Licensing Initiative"

4 September 2024

We are pleased to announce that the IIPM lab will participate in the EU(UKRI)-funded project "Impact Licensing Initiative". Technologies and data are still underused or sub-optimally allocated to solve the societal challenges of today in Europe and beyond. Moreover, the COVID pandemic and the recent war in Ukraine has...


Read more at: New working paper on the use of patent data to identify disruptive innovation

New working paper on the use of patent data to identify disruptive innovation

20 August 2024

Very pleased to announce the publication of our new working paper together with colleagues from Fraunhofer Institute for Technological Trend Analysis INT, Fraunhofer Group for Innovation Research, OECD Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) and the Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt. The paper focuses on...


Read more at: New working paper on the integration of IP into the Multi-Level Perspective (MLP)

New working paper on the integration of IP into the Multi-Level Perspective (MLP)

15 August 2024

Another working paper has now been released from the IPACST project. The study integrates Geels' (2002) Multi-Level Perspective (MLP) with our IP model typology that we developed as part of the IPACST project, thereby integrating IP models within Socio-Technical System (STS) across spatial and temporal dimensions. The...