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Leading the Transformation

Client Challenges The client was undergoing a significant organizational transformation to enhance its IP management capabilities, with the aim of repositioning the IP department as a more business-centric unit. A strategic vision which had garnered strong endorsement from the executive management team was established. Now, it was time to implement the new operating model in […]

Cases · 2 min reading

Navigating Uncharted Waters: Lessons From Driving Business Impact-Focused IP Transformations

This article was first published at IAM.com Change is hard. This is true for any organisation, or any function. People will naturally resist change in most situations as change introduces uncertainty, and uncertainty breeds fear. This near-universal truth will be recognised by leaders and change managers across organisations and contexts. However, IP organisations display a couple […]

White papers · 7 min reading

Intellectual Property Challenges in the Sustainability Transition

Watch Filippa and Jonas outlining the challenges IP managers face in the sustainability transition. As the societal need for rapid diffusion and scaling of green innovation continues to increase, IP has a critical role to play to: support collaborative development of sustainability innovations; support setup and governance of sustainability-focused business ecosystems; and enable new green business models […]

Videos · 4 min reading

Two-Speed IP to Keep Pace with Digital

At a glance Rebuilding your IP team to meet new needs posed by the rapidly evolving digital environment can be less of a wholesale teardown and more of a directed evolution Intellectual property is essential to win in digital business – it is key to control critical positions, build trust and balance exclusivity and openness. […]

Videos · 4 min reading

Weathering Economic Storms: Make Your IP Department Ready for a Recession

In light of increasing economic uncertainty and fluctuating financial markets, businesses are once again bracing for impact and looking for ways to trim costs. Throughout 2023, we have had discussions with multiple Heads of Intellectual Property (IP) from leading global corporations and medium-sized enterprises. A recurring theme emerged: IP departments are expected to contribute to […]

White papers · 8 min reading

Reapplying Core Competence for Digital Value

Client challenges The Client had made early moves to take a leading position in the industry’s digital transformation, and as a result had built up valuable insights regarding both new opportunities and impending shifts in the competitive landscape. The Client had identified that customers’ key decisions were moving upstream, away from the Client’s home turf […]

Cases · 2 min reading

Data-Driven Services Playbook

Client challenges A prominent engineering company – leading in specialized equipment, solutions and services for building, operating and upgrading industrial facilities – faced a shifting business landscape and unwanted player moves in the value chain as a result of digitalization. The Client recognized the tremendous value potential of digital data-based services, but industry adoption had […]

Cases · 2 min reading

Proactive IP Creation

Proactive IP Creation – how 4 companies turned strategy into IP portfolios positioned to drive business outcomes. “Why don’t we have the right IP yet,” the EVP of Global Products at an American technology company asked herself after leaving a strategic review meeting for a billion-dollar business area. “We have all the foundations in […]

White papers · 6 min reading

Scaling Green Innovation: New IP Challenges in the Sustainability Transition

The urgency of the climate crisis drives unprecedented need for diffusion and scaling of sustainability innovation across industries and geographies Orchestration and governance of business ecosystems are emerging as critical strategic topics for navigating the sustainability transition IP managers must recognise potential impact on technology sharing and business ecosystem strategy, and address any capability gaps […]

White papers · 8 min reading

Dematic’s IP-Strategic Capability – Geared for a Fast-Moving Future

How Dematic quickly established a new IP StratOps capability to address immediate pressures and new opportunities, and stay ahead of the industry curve. Innovation to keep the world moving KION Group, headquartered in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, is a world leader in industrial trucks (#2 globally) and supply chain solutions (#1 globally). Dematic, headquartered in […]

Cases · 5 min reading

Case Series: IP Jobs-to-Be-Done

“Our IP department was working well according to our traditional metrics, and we were filing IP efficiently. At the same time, the business relevance of the portfolio was a black box to us, and strategic alignment was low – especially in fast-moving parts of the business.By shifting to IP Jobs-to-be-Done, it became possible to shape […]

White papers · 8 min reading

Exploring Supervision Levels for Patent Classification

Using Weakly Supervised, Semi-supervised, and Supervised Learning to Classify Patents at Different Granularity Levels Machine learning can help automate monotonous work. However, most approaches use supervised learning, requiring a labeled dataset. The consulting firm Konsert Strategy & IP AB (Konsert) sees great value in automating its task of manually classifying patents into a custom technology […]

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