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The Language of Protection

19.11.2025

Discover why patent translation today deserves to be treated as a strategic component of IP management, how AI and automation are reshaping workflows—and why linguistic precision remains the cornerstone of effective protection.

Breaking the silos: untangling Intellectual Property services in a connected era

18.11.2025

Intellectual Property drives innovation – but fragmented services and isolated workflows limit its true potential. In this article, Dr. Jonas Block, Product Manager at Dennemeyer TechSys S.A., explains how integrating IP functions across firms, systems, and jurisdictions creates measurable efficiency and business value. By connecting people, data, and technology, organizations can transform IP from a protective function into a strategic growth driver.

The Future of IP Operations: Efficiency, AI, and Human Decision-Making

17.11.2025

IP operations were once seen as an administrative task, but their role has shifted to the center of corporate strategy. Explore how efficiency, AI, and human decision-making together define the future of IP operations — transforming them from back-office support into a strategic driver of growth.

Clarifying the path to patent intelligence automation

13.11.2025

AI is reshaping patent intelligence, but adoption still faces confusion and skepticism. This article explains how separating retrieval and analysis AI clarifies the automation journey—showing how transparency, trust, and solution-centric design move us closer to true patent intelligence automation.

Continuous Patent Surveillance: The Next Frontier in IP Monetization

12.11.2025

Patent portfolios hold enormous untapped value—but traditional monitoring misses fast-moving opportunities. Continuous patent surveillance powered by AI delivers always-on visibility, helping IP teams detect overlaps instantly, build living claim maps, and turn enforcement into monetization. Discover how PatSeer’s IP8 platform brings precision, scale, and automation to the next frontier of IP intelligence.

Innovation loves speed – but it all comes down to precision

12.11.2025

IP and R&D teams often move in parallel—different tools, timelines, and silos. predoriX changes that. Built on Agentic AI, it acts as a digital colleague that unites innovation and patent intelligence into one shared workflow. With full-text transparency, traceable evidence, and massive document reasoning, predoriX delivers the precision, speed, and confidence modern innovators need to bridge the gap between research and IP.

Transparency, Accuracy, Security: Three Crucial Pillars for AI in IP

11.11.2025

How should artificial intelligence (AI) assist patent attorneys as they manage highly complex, technical, and business-critical tasks? Questel's Benoit Chevalier explains how building transparency, accuracy, and security into AI solutions is helping boost confidence and productivity across the IP profession.

When Registration Isn’t Enough: Protecting Your IP from AI-Powered Infringements

06.11.2025

Trademark registration is no longer enough to protect your brand online. AI tools now power large-scale infringement networks that clone websites, imitate trademarks, and evade detection. This article explores how advanced online brand protection and AI-based monitoring uncover hidden threats, accelerate enforcement, and strengthen IP strategy across digital channels.

Smart AI Deployment that Empowers IP Professionals

05.11.2025

To identify real opportunities and cut through the hype surrounding AI, it is essential to understand how this technology can be a force of evolution and empowerment in the unique IP environment. Discover how smart AI deployment can empower IP professionals by balancing innovation with responsibility.

AI and Patent Search – The Importance of Context

03.11.2025

Patents are vital to protecting innovation and driving competitive advantage, yet IP teams managing them are often seen as cost centers rather than growth drivers. Discover how AI can resolve the Patent Paradox and transform IP from administrative burden into strategic engine.

AI for Patents in Every Jurisdiction

28.10.2025

Learn how jurisdiction-aware tools like Patent Copilot can embed local requirements directly into the drafting process, enabling attorneys to move from reactive adaptation to proactive, globally consistent strategies.

Fixing the Patent Paradox: Guiding Principles for AI in IP

20.10.2025

The Future of IP Financials: From Cost Tracking to Strategic Advantage

15.10.2025

IP Financials have long been viewed as a back-office task, but what if they could become a driver of corporate strategy? Discover why the future of IP financials lies not in cost tracking alone, but in transforming financial clarity into a strategic advantage for innovation and growth.

Online IP Protection – The next logical step for Online Brand Protection

07.10.2025

Online IP Protection (OIPP) takes brand protection to the next level by integrating patents, designs, and copyrights into your enforcement strategy. This holistic approach enables faster takedowns, stronger global coverage, and valuable market insights, ensuring your digital assets are protected while revealing new growth opportunities.

How TRIZ-Based System Analysis Can Transform Your Patent Search Strategy

01.10.2025

Discover how TRIZ-based system and function analysis can revolutionize your patent search strategy. By shifting the focus from components to functions, this approach uncovers functionally equivalent solutions, reduces legal risks, and boosts the precision of FTO and novelty searches. Learn how combining TRIZ with AI tools sets a new standard in patent research.

Building a culture of IP awareness for a competitive edge

22.11.2024

In today's competitive landscape, fostering a culture of IP awareness is essential for driving innovation and protecting valuable ideas. Intellectual property professionals, R&D teams, and employees at every level play a crucial role in securing and advancing new concepts. This blog delves into the importance of IP awareness and its powerful impact on security, creativity, and market competitiveness.

How AI-assisted patent preparation and prosecution tools support IP practitioners to navigate among the different jurisdictions

21.11.2024

Navigating the diverse landscape of patent jurisdictions requires patent practitioners to balance geographical and cultural nuances in filing and prosecution strategies. Questel’s Benoit Chevalier highlights how AI tools can provide essential support in adapting patent strategies to meet global business demands.

Simplifying the IP journey: practical solutions for businesses of all sizes

19.11.2024

Effective resource management is vital for organizations of all sizes, from startups to large corporations, particularly when it comes to Intellectual Property (IP). While IP rights are similar across entities, each faces unique challenges in building and enhancing its IP portfolio.

Beyond the Patent Data Crisis: Building a Connected Future

18.11.2024

In the evolving landscape of patent practice, fragmented workflows and disconnected tools are costing organizations time and efficiency. This article dives into the challenges of traditional patent processes, exploring how integrated solutions can empower teams to work more collaboratively and maximize the value of their IP strategies.

Harnessing AI's Cognitive Advancements in Patents and Designs

12.11.2024

AI has rapidly advanced IP tasks from theory to practice, with PatSeer's AI search now handling a growing share of searches since its 2023 launch. Continuous fine-tuning has led to notable improvements, positioning AI as a powerful tool in IP research.

Are You Ready for the Next Evolutionary Step in Artificial Intelligence?

07.11.2024

Discover how predori is revolutionizing the IP industry with cutting-edge AI technology. Join us as we explore two game-changing use cases that enhance patent monitoring and introduce the world’s first autonomous patent search system at IP-Service World 2024.

AI and Patent Quality: Navigating Risks and Concerns

24.10.2024

The rise of artificial intelligence in the patent field offers exciting possibilities but also poses significant challenges. AI tools can enhance patent quality, yet they raise concerns about scalability, ethical implications, and the future of the patent system. In this blog post, Sakari Arvela explores these dynamics, focusing on how AI is reshaping patent drafting and examination processes.

Innovate Faster, Innovate Smarter: The Power of Patent Information and In-House Knowledge

22.10.2024

In today’s fast-paced, competitive world, innovation is essential for staying ahead. Patent data, often overlooked, holds valuable insights that can drive new ideas. However, its complex language limits accessibility. The real opportunity lies in making this information available to everyone, not just IP experts, to unlock innovation across the organization.

Blockchain and Smart Contracts: The Future of Transparent Licensing Agreements

15.10.2024

The increasing demand for efficient, transparent, and secure licensing agreements highlights the need to revise traditional, complex methods. Blockchain technology and smart contracts offer a solution by streamlining IP licensing, enhancing transparency, and boosting security.

Interview with Viktor Rudolf from IamIP

09.10.2024

In our new interview, we asked Viktor Rudolf from Iamip. He provides exciting insights into questions about AI in patent management, what risks and challenges there are, and what role people play in working with AI. These and many other exciting topics await you in this interview.

Resistive forces: Examining counter-influences to AI uptake in IP practice

20.11.2023

AI is reshaping industries, yet its application at the intersection of Intellectual Property (IP) and patents faces challenges. Dr Anthony Carlick highlights concealed drawbacks, urging caution amidst the enthusiasm for AI innovation.

The Hidden Data Crisis in Patent Practice

10.11.2023

Samuel Davis delves into the challenges of utilizing patent data for IP and R&D teams in maximizing AI's potential. He introduces Amplified, a platform enabling organizations to strategically leverage patent data for more effective decision-making in intellectual property and research and development.

Cost Management: It’s Time to Reduce the Burden of Invoice Management

02.11.2023

One of the hidden complexities facing in-house IP departments is how to juggle the administrative work of IP portfolio management. Questel’s long-standing expert Daniel Ovadya explains how outsourcing invoice management can help businesses control costs, increase transparency, maintain compliance, and free up stretched resources.

The Game-Changer: Unitary Patent System in IP Sector

18.10.2023

The Unitary Patent System (Unified Patent) is a legal system in Europe aimed at simplifying and harmonizing intellectual property protection. In this blog article, Gertie Schouten elaborates on five key insights about the Unitary Patent Court (UPC) and the Unitary Patent (UP).

Invention takes Time, Motivation and Skill

17.11.2022

In this article, we look at common problems companies may encounter when trying to expand their intellectual property, especially with regard to inventions.

Building a sustainable future with IP

16.11.2022

At Dennemeyer, we have our sights set on enabling organizations of all kinds to meet their "net zero" targets for a sustainable future with IP, along the way refocusing management culture to foster an appreciation of the value that IP, in all its forms, holds for ESG aspirations.

Cornerstones of Patent Portfolio Management

08.11.2022

Companies must know their patent portfolio in detail and organize it based on the primary purpose of each patent. This article focuses on some of the main cornerstones of patent portfolio management.

Comparing Patent Offices in Europe

14.12.2021

In this blog post, Huong Schmidtke-Tran compares the Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property (IGE), the European Patent Office (EPO), and the German Patent Office (DPMA).

Key metrics for analyzing Intellectual Property performance

17.11.2021

To understand how performance analysis benchmarks necessarily vary by context, Sven Rothermund, IP Software Consultant at The Dennemeyer Group, will look at how different organizations work with IP and examine its impact on their overall business operation.

IP Tools and Data in M&A Transactions

13.10.2021

Claudia Jamin, Head of Intellectual Property at Hitachi Energy, is convinced that data management tools and other IP applications can do more and play a significant role also in extraordinary business events. The increased integration of AI solutions would make then a real difference. Learn more about this meaningful topic!

Consolidation or Development? The IP Service Providers’ Market remains Dynamic

07.07.2021

We asked Peter Berg, Senior Vice President for Intellectual Property at Infineon Technologies, about what he thinks of the recent changes in the IP service providers’ market. Big players seem to consolidate their services. But what does this move mean for customers?

Best Practices for Unlocking the Power of Patent Alerts

09.11.2020

What is patent monitoring or alerting? And what is the key to a successful alerting process? In this article, Ronen Speyer describes three elements of effective patent alerts.

IP Monitoring and the role of the new DIN 77006 standard

04.11.2020

What's the deal with the new DIN 77006? In this article, Felipe von Heereman describes the impact of the DIN 77006 standard on the attention of industries to the field of IP risk management and IP monitoring solutions.

How to Deal With Infringements of Essentials Patents – Interview with Dr Claudia Tapia

03.08.2020

The EU Court of Justice has issued guidelines for dealing with infringements of essentials patents. Dr Claudia Tapia, Director IPR Policy & Legal Academic Research at Ericsson GmbH, explains what this means for both sides of the dispute.

How to Make a Difference in the World of IP – Interview with Carrie Sindelar

14.02.2020

Making a difference is not always easy. If you currently intend to introduce new processes in IP, it may help to learn some lessons from someone, who has already gone through that. We interviewed Carrie Sindelar at the last IP Service World. This article gives a short overview of the steps she undertook to achieve a successful change in her department.

What happened at the IP Service World 2019?

08.01.2020

The review video of our IP Service World 2019 is out now. This article gives you a short overview of the achievements we reached in 2019. Watch the full review video now!

How medium-sized companies should digitalize IP workflows

11.11.2019

IP managers often only have limited time for managing IP, but feel the pressure on their shoulders to take the right strategic IP actions. This article describes how medium-sized companies should digitalize their IP workflows.

The Participation Problem: How to better engage R&D staff to deliver IP success

30.10.2019

One of the key challenges facing IP Managers is getting your R&D team to collaborate on IP matters. Simon Carr, Evalueserve IPR&D, explains how to take control and learn how to reduce IP risks through the research and development process and beyond and engage R&D in the process.

The New Trade Secrets Act

09.10.2019

The knowledge that companies accumulate over time is valuable – and can often even turn out to be a truly essential asset. That makes it something that needs to be protected. The legislator recently created new requirements for the protection of trade secrets!