IP Stories

This is the first part of a longer interview with Harrie Temmink, where we talked about loads of interesting things! In the first half we discuss counterfaiting, Harrie talks about the hidden dangers of counterfeit products and piracy, the health, safety, and economic impact and how European SMEs can combat IP theft. The second part of this interview will be published in September, where we will d...

In this episode, we sit down with Avraham Davidson, Founder and CTO of Aquasmart Intelligent Water Solution, a one-of-a kind technology that warns about malfunctions in water while they are still small. With Avraham, we talked about the process of patenting, the innovative technology behind his leak detection systems and the motivations and meaning of his work, among many other things! This episod...

Join us as our guests to discover more about the award-winning papers of the 4iP Council Research Awards 2023. On today's episode, we will interview the four champions of this year's edition;   1st Place: “ Plausibility and the flotilla: have the English courts drifted from the commodore’s approach to the evidential requirement for patent validity, and if so, is this divergence justified?...

We continue on our sustainability special, gathering different angles and experiences from those who are working towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This time we had the pleasure to speak with Anja von der Ropp, Senior Program Coordinator for Climate Change and Food Security at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). We talked with her about bioethics, the role of patent...

We are doing a brief pause on our current season, to add this special episode with Sonja London, President of Licensing Executives Society International (LESI), General Counsel and Licensing Executive at TactoTek and advisor for other companies. During this great conversation with her, we talked about negotiations and trust, diversity and role models, and ways to support SMEs through legislation. ...

We had a chat with Dr. Amira Erokh, chemist, researcher, entrepreneur and co-founder/CTO of Everdye – a startup that develops low heat, low-energy, biobased dyeing pigments and processes. Talking with Amira was so easy we almost forgot that we were in an interview! She told us about the origins of her interest in the environment, shared great advice for researchers and entrepreneurs, and explained...

For this episode, on our series on IP and Sustainability 🌍, we invited Dr. Saeed Alhassan Alkhazraji, Professor at Khalifa University and Founder at Manhat - a deep technology startup based in the United Arab Emirates; focusing on "natural water distillation" patented technology for sustainable water and floating farm solutions. We talked with Saeed about considering patents part of the...

Prof. Giulia Priora, Director of NOVA IPSI and Assistant Professor at NOVA School of Law; is our first guest of this new season on IP and the SDGs (Sustainable Develpment Goals), and we couldn't have found a better guest for the first episode. We talked with her about human experiences, about the paradox behind the concept of "sustainable innovation", the intersection of IP and susta...

This time we had the pleause of interviewing Dr. Carles Puente i Baliarda, who patented the first fractal antenna in the world. We talked about using patents as a business tool and not just as a defensive tool; about the need to be naive to become an inventor; and about the future of antennas in IoT (Internet of Things). Links of interest: Ignion Website IoT & Standards

This time we interviewed Timothée Le Quesne, co-founder and CEO at energysquare - a new generation of wireless chargers that allow users to charge all their electronic devices simultaneously on a single surface.  We talked with Timothée about his journey as an entrepreneur, the support they received and the challenges they had to face; as well as their licensing business model.   It's very ref...

We had the pleasure of interviewing Andreas Kofoed Sørensen , co-founder of Birdie, a playful Indoor Air Quality Monitor designed in Denmark. We talked with Andreas about crowdfunding a project, about the need of seeking profesional advice when you need to, about the challenges of being entrepreneur and about the difficulties they had to face with their brand trademark.

Ville-Veikko Mattila is Nokia’s Head of Multimedia Technologies. He has over 25 years of experience in developing breakthrough multimedia technologies. He has authored 50 scientific journals and conference papers, holds 70 patents and patent applications, and has been interviewed on his work by MIT Technology Review, New Scientist, The Economist, The New York Times and now us! We talked with him a...

We speak with Dr. Miguel Salas Natera (PhD in Communications Technologies and Systems as well as a Master's Degree in Space Technology). Miguel is from Venezuela, but he has lived in Madrid for many years, and this is where he currently works as Associate Professor and Researcher on SATCOM and Antenna Systems, at the UPM (Polytechnic University of Madrid).   We had the pleasure to talk with hi...

We had the pleasure to interview the Senior IP Officer at KU Leuven R&D, Pascale Redig. Her job involves managing research collaborations between academia and industry from an IP perspective, negotiating the contracts, as well as the commercialisation of the research via licensing.  We talked with her about the importance of the collaborations between academia and industry, understanding each...

We had the pleasure to interview Miguel Silva-Constenla, CEO & Co-Founder at AllRead Machine Learning Technologies, a spin-off from the Computer Vision Center of Barcelona, and now a scale-up with solid revenue and a dedicated team of 30+ people.   Miguel holds a Master’s degree in Physics & Computer Science and an International MBA. He served in the Spanish Army as Specialist in Electroni...

Els Henckaerts, MD, PhD is the head of the Laboratory of Viral Cell Biology and Therapeutics at KU Leuven. In this interview with Els, we see her as a researcher, as the CSO of a recently stablished spin-off and as a professor and mentor. We learned about the advances of gene therapy, the importance of having the right support and strong patents when creating a spin-off, the relationship between t...

Dr. Isabel Vercauteren is CEO at Aphea. Bio, a company dedicated to provide novel science-based solutions to build the agriculture of the future: sustainable, reliable and profitable. It founded in 2017 as a spin-off of the VIB and its partner universities Ghent University and KU Leuven. We talked with Isabel about the challenge of raising capital (they have secured € 70 million Series C Funding);...

Patrick Chaltin is the Managing Director of the Centre for Drug Design and Discovery (CD3). He is a qualified European Patent Attorney and was previously active as IP manager at the IP unit of KU Leuven Research & Development, where he was responsible for the management of the IP created by KU Leuven within the pharmaceutical field.  In this interview, he shares with us his experience during t...

Paul Van Dun is the General Manager of KU Leuven's Technology Transfer unit. To give a bit of context - about 200 findings are reported by researchers from the KU Leuven Association to their IP department. From these findings, in 2022, 144 patents were granted, resulting in a total of 825 active patent families in KU Leuven’s portfolio. Paul talks to us about his unplanned journey and the wide...

In this episode, we talk with the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) to better understand the EU initiatives they are implementing to provide assistance, guidance and financial support to EU businesses. Speakers: Elisavet Karagiampi, Mary White, Suzanne Hogan Moderated by: Dr. Claudia Tapia

In this episode we had a great chat with Dr. Oliver Scherenberg, an intellectual property attorney based in Germany, with over 15 years of experience in licensing and monetization. We talked about the misunderstandings around IP in the creative and technological industries; the specific concerns around NFTs and Web3; the challenges of our time and AI. He is very active in LinkedIn where he also ta...

Dr. Marta Karczewicz is Vice President of Technology at Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. Marta's contribution has been crucial to the evolution of video compression. She holds more than 700 US patents, but for her the key is to focus on solving the problem, that should be what motivates you, the inventions and everything else, are a consequence. It was truly a pleasure to have a chat with such an i...

This episode is such a roller coaster! Arnaud has told us about the beginnings of his company, The Blinc Group - a leading innovator in the cannabis vaporizer industry. We have learned how they use patents not only to protect themselves from competitors, or to defend themselves in court from the allegations of an industry giant; but also, to shape their business strategy, making the most of their...

We had a chat with Dr. Hayleigh Bosher, an internationally published legal academic, speaker and legal consultant specialising in intellectual property, media and entertainment law. She is Senior Lecturer and Associate Dean (Professional Development and Graduate Outcomes) at Brunel University London, Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for Intellectual Property, Policy and Management, blogger f...

Joff Wild is a journalist who has specialised in covering IP since 1992. During that time, he has written for a number of IP-focused titles, as well as publications such as The Times, The Financial Times and The Wall Street Journal. He founded IAM in 2003 and was its first editor, before becoming editor-in-chief of the IP and Data Division of Globe Business Publishing and then Law Business Researc...