No. 10 in 2016 just got published on Open IP strategies for sustainability transitions. Read it here.
Archiv für den Monat Dezember 2016
Open IP strategies for enabling sustainability transitions
New paper published with Jan Sternkopf from Kiel University, Elisabeth Eppinger from Freie Universität Berlin and Pratheeba Vimalnath (Subramanian) from Indian Institute of Science on how firms employ IP strategies and particularly Open IP strategies to enable transitions towards a more sustainable society, including cases from Tesla and Nutriset. The paper is available in our CTM Working Paper series.
The German IfM
… even with a lower-case „f“. Nothing really to do with manufacturing, unfortunately! Just the institute for milk-analysis.
How Alibaba deployed Big Data to combat China IPR pirates and counterfeiters
Quite an interesting article how a market intermediary helps to enforce IP protection using big data:
http://www.recode.net/2016/12/20/13988264/china-alibaba-counterfeit-pirates-data-cloud-sword-ipr
Cambridge Toy Shop closure
Just learned that our lovely and the only proper and really good toy shop in Cambridge will close in the new year. What a loss for the city, all parents and the kids!
DTU Associate/Assistant Professor in Technology-based Entrepreneurship
Interesting paper on the relationship between patent age and selling price for auctioned patents
Greetings from the first ever EITIM meeting in Norway at NTNU
Great to learn about new technics and methods for research and data collection using sociometric sensors and network pictures.
A search picture: How man CCTV cameras can you spot on this picture at the new Cambridge station?
And the right answer is: ten!
On trade secrets
There is a great resource to help improve awareness of trade secrets and trade secret asset management published by Donal O’Connell and Tom Ewing:
Ever wondered why TESLA gave away all their patents for free?
If you are interested in this topic and related questions then you should consider applying for this PhD studies opportunity. The Centre for Technology Management at the University of Cambridge is currently looking for a student, preferably with an engineering, industrial engineering or business degree and experience in innovation and intellectual property (IP) management to be considered for a fully funded EPSRC scholarship. The project focuses on strategic firm behaviour to use open approaches to IP for becoming successful innovators. Further information is available here:
http://www.ifm.eng.cam.ac.uk/research/ctm/phd-opportunities/
The application deadline is 31 January. For further information please contact Dr Frank Tietze (frank.tietze@eng.cam.ac.uk).
Impressions from the fourth Cambridge Strategic IP Forum
We had a full house yesterday for the fourth Strategic IP Forum at the IfM Cambridge with a focus on IP challenges in collaborative innovation projects between large and small firms. Many thanks to all four speakers: John Nevard (CDT), Jo Costura (Caterpillar), Michael Evans (Cambridge Carbon Capture) and Donal O’Connell (Chawton Innovation Services). Watch out for the announcement for the next SIPF in 2017!
