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Innovation and Intellectual Property Management (IIPM) Laboratory

This year's World IP Day is dedicated to the topic of "IP and the SDGs: Building our common future with innovation and creativity". Those that have followed our research will know that this is an important topic for our group.

We are thus delighted that two colleagues and friends, Dr Pratheeba Vimalnath (now Lecturer in Innovation, Intellectual Property and Sustainability at the University of Exeter) and Dr Nigel Clarke (a long standing collaborator, formerly with the EPO for many years) will be speaking at World IP Day events. 

Pratheeba has been invited to give a talk at the Norwegian Patent Office where she will be speaking about the work we have been doing passionately about the role of IP for transitions, particularly sustainability and digital transitions. Along the same lines, Nigel will join as speaker an event organised by ASIPI and the University of New Hampshire, Franklin Pierce School of Law that addresses important issues related to IP and sustainable development goals.  

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...