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Patents as Business Risk in Financial Services

Watch Jens Bördin and Filippa Plate talk about how patents become a business risk as digitalization is rapidly disrupting financial services. As the financial services sector becomes increasingly technology-driven, banks and financial services players are transforming their innovation, M&A and risk mitigation tactics. Large incumbents are ramping up their patent portfolios at a speed which […]

Videos · 2 min reading

Patenting Digital Innovation – Why, What and How

Use cases driven by digital technologies are an increasingly bigger part of companies’ business strategies. Yet, what we often discover when co-developing clients’ strategies is that few IP organizations are equipped to create patent portfolios covering software-focused technologies. Watch Therese Werner and Johan Wiklund talk about what and how software-focused digital technologies can be patent protected. This […]

Videos · 2 min reading

How Do You Achieve Cost Control in Preparation for an Economic Downturn?

At a glance Heads of IP are asking themselves today how they can prepare for the uncertainty of tomorrow. Konsert Director Thomas Hedberg shares strategies for preparing IP operations for an economic downturn. Thomas Hedberg is a senior advisor for Konsert. He has extensive experience in the field of IP, for example from 8 years […]

White papers · 3 min reading

Understanding Digital Patents

Use cases driven by digital technology are an increasingly bigger part of companies’ business strategies, both to create new customer value and to reduce operational and supply chain costs. Yet, outside the major technology companies of the world like Google, Microsoft and IBM, few IP organizations are equipped to create patent portfolios covering software-focused digital technology. […]

White papers · 5 min reading

Born From Business Need

In 2010 TD Bank observed a worrying pattern emerging among leading US banks; they were ramping up the size of their patent portfolios at a speed which had never been seen before. Bank of America was leading the game with filing rates on par with some tech giants (eg, Adobe and NVIDIA) with many of […]

White papers · 10 min reading

Tactics for Negotiating Intellectual Property

Client challenges Client is a global industry actor experiencing an urgent need to strengthen their capabilities in a range of disruptive areas (e.g. connectivity, autonomy & electrification). To cope with the investments needed to establish these capabilities, the Client aimed to pursue a partnership-based approach to technology development. In preparation of the negotiations with the […]

Cases · 2 min reading

Development of Business-Driven IP Strategy to Support Digital Transformation

Client challenges Client is a global player in the mining industry, looking to take a leading position in the industry’s development towards automated mining. A digital office had been set up to coordinate the digital transformation across the company and to accelerate the development of digital solutions. Client had a well-established IP operations and a […]

Cases · 2 min reading

The Digital Execution Gap

At a glance Digital innovation organizations are being set up to build new digital business, but few reach scale because they are unable to move from strategy to execution. This “execution gap” is created by lack of critical mass in digital skills, lack of speed, and lack of success cases to prove and communicate the […]

White papers · 6 min reading

IPMS Transformation – 6 Common Pitfalls

At a glance An Intellectual Property Management System transformation can provide the step change in IP operations efficiency and strategic capability that your organization needs. Many organizations, however, fail to plan appropriately for this task, and risk going over budget, over time, or ending up with a solution that is a poor fit for the organization. This […]

White papers · 8 min reading

Transparency and Control of External IP Costs

Client challenges The client, a world leading actor in their field, experienced volatile IP portfolio cost management and had difficulties in answering management questions on deviations from budget. There was lack of resolution in external IP costs with low predictability from month to month and insufficient information to identify the underlying factors. Invoices from external […]

Cases · 2 min reading

Adopt Practices from Digital Leaders

Client challenges Facing potential disruption, the client needed to quickly ramp-up its innovation capabilities to compete against digital players attacking its current business model, and explore new digital business models while managing risk. Under the leadership of the CDO, the client wanted to move from being a slow follower with a risk averse and incremental […]

Cases · 2 min reading

Fueling New Innovation Pipeline

Client challenges The technology landscape relevant to the client’s business was getting increasingly complex and converging with digital-based industries. New technology areas related to e.g. connectivity, automation and data analytics did not fit in the scope of the current organizational structures or with traditional ways of assessing R&D investments. At the same time there was […]

Cases · 2 min reading

Patents as Business Risk in Financial Services

Patenting Digital Innovation – Why, What and How

How Do You Achieve Cost Control in Preparation for an Economic Downturn?

Understanding Digital Patents

Born From Business Need

Tactics for Negotiating Intellectual Property

Development of Business-Driven IP Strategy to Support Digital Transformation

The Digital Execution Gap

IPMS Transformation – 6 Common Pitfalls

Transparency and Control of External IP Costs​

Adopt Practices from Digital Leaders

Fueling New Innovation Pipeline

Transparency and Control of External IP Costs