In this episode, we sit down with Christina Petersson, the Chief Intellectual Property Officer (CIPO) at Ericsson, one of the world's leading telecommunications companies. Christina shares insights into her role in managing Ericsson's extensive patent portfolio, the challenges and responsibilities of protecting and enforcing intellectual property rights, and the importance of a robust IP system in fostering innovation. Christina also discusses the significance of licensing in Ericsson’s business model, particularly in the context of 5G technology and open standards. Join us to learn more about the complexities of IP! Check out the links to this episode here.

In this episode, we sit down with Professor Eleonora Rosati, Professor of Intellectual Property Law at Stockholm University and Of Counsel at Bird & Bird. She is also Editor of the Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, long-standing contributor to The IPKat, and Co-Founder of Fashion Law London. Eleonora shares her unexpected journey into the world of intellectual property, and the unique blend of technology and creativity that drew her to copyright and trademark law, the rewarding challenges she's faced along the way and her interest in Fashion Law. She also gives us a preview of her upcoming webinar on copyright and AI (link), and offers valuable advice for aspiring IP professionals and creators. Join us for an inspiring conversation about passion, perseverance, and the ever-evolving field of intellectual property law. Check out the links to this episode here.

For today's episode, we had the pleasure of interviewing Jorge Vizcaya, architect and Head of Sports & Recreation Area at Sener, and one of the minds behind the patented Hypogea® system. With him, we talked about the system behind his project, the process of patenting as an architect and the impact of design on peoples lives, among many other things. Join us for a fascinating conversation! Check out the links to this episode here.

Luka Banovic, our guest for today’s episode, is the co-founder of Hummble, the only active noise management system for HVAC applications currently on the market. Luka shared with us the inspiration and story behind Hummble, and discussed about success, the critical role of intellectual property, and the biggest challenge faced as a startup founder, credibility. Join us for an inspiring conversation! Check out the links to this episode here

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 discuss the opportunities and challenges of AI, particularly for IP rights. Don't miss it! remeber to subscribe to our podcast on your favourite platform and follow us on social media.

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 episode is also part of our IP and Sustainability Special and our campaign for the World Intellectual Property Day: “IP and the SDGs: Building our common future with innovation and creativity”. Check out the links to this episode here

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?” by Dheemanth Vangimalla  2nd Place: “IP Negative Spaces in Today’s Evolving Video Game Industry” by Aline Arenque and Amanda Costa Novaes  3rd Place: “The Building Blocks of an Artificial Intelligence Model for quantifying Similarity among Plant Variety Denominations” by Ángela H. Martínez López  Find out about what motivated these students to write their awarded papers, as well as the interesting topics they chose for the competition.  Submit your paper to the 4iP Council 2024 Research Award >> Congratulations one again!   Check out the links to this episode here: https://www.4ipcouncil.com/podcasts

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 patents to balance access and innovation and the challenge of implementation, about WIPO Green and giving exposure to the solutions already available in the market. Don’t miss it! Check out the links to this episode here: https://www.4ipcouncil.com/podcasts

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.  LESI is a global business association made up of 33 national and regional societies, representing more than 6,500 individual members in more than 90 countries, all involved in the licensing, transfer and management of intellectual property rights.  Check out the links to this episode here: https://www.4ipcouncil.com/podcasts

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 the reasons why it is so important to detoxify the coloring step in fashion and other creative industries.  This interview is part of our IP and Sustainability Special and our campaign for the World Intellectual Property Day (#WorldIPDay), that this year is about “IP and the SDGs: Building our common future with innovation and creativity”  Check out the links to this episode here: https://www.4ipcouncil.com/podcasts

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 business DNA, about utilizing the environment without going beyond our share of resources, and the need of incentives to encourage startups to patent their innovation. Water security is one of the top global challenges, so it's good to know that there are great minds working on solutions that can improve people's lives. Check out the links to this episode here: https://www.4ipcouncil.com/podcasts

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 sustainability, and the importance to think and try, not presetting any conclusions.

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 refreshing to hear how they found the way to bring a great solution to the market and it reminds us of the importance of supporting young talent.

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 about the challenges of his sector, about the future of multimedia technologies and the importance of standards.

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 him about his research work as engineer, the challenges and benefits from working in a university environment, the initiatives that help tech transfer, his experience working in international projects and participating in spin-offs, the future of Space Tecnology and many other things. This interview is so interesting! This episode is part of a tech transfer special, a series of interviews to better understand the transfer of knowledge from research centres, universities and laboratories, to the industry and our lives. Links of interest: ETSIT-UPM: https://www.etsit.upm.es/ GR - UPM: https://www.gr.ssr.upm.es/index.php/es/investigacion/lineas-de-investigacion ACTUAUPM: https://www.upm.es/Investigacion/innovacion/CreacionEmpresas/Servicios/Competicion_Creacion_EmpresasINNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGIES TRANSFER: https://www.upm.es/Investigacion/innovacionSOME TECHNOLOGIES COMERCIALIZATION PROGRAMS: https://www.upm.es/Investigacion/innovacion/InnovacionComercializacionTecnologiasLINK TO THE RESEARCH CENTER AND PROJECTS: https://iptc.upm.es/index.php/projects#  SOME PROJECTS CITED:     https://iptc.upm.es/polarisci-od-sow-00364-development-patch-phased-array-microstrip-antenna-microwave-polarization  https://iptc.upm.es/terminal-satcom-xka-aeronautico  https://iptc.upm.es/issl-definition-inter-small-satellite-link-architecture-and-technologies-leo-constellations

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 other's needs and “making it happen”, so that we can create new opportunities for researchers and “make the research work for the community”. This episode is part of a tech transfer special, a series of interviews to better understand the transfer of knowledge from research centres, universities and laboratories, to the industry and our lives. Links of interest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rjYUW5Ey_U  https://lrd.kuleuven.be/en  https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/kuleuven-research-development/

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 Electronic Hi-tech combat systems and graduated with Honors. He worked in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates in the telecommunications industry, and later co-founded an extensive list of Tech companies across Europe, Middle East and Asia-Pacific, including the leadership of a Venture Capital Fund.   He’s a great communicator and during this interview he gives great advice to entrepreneurs. Don’t miss it!  This episode is part of a tech transfer special, a series of interviews to better understand the transfer of knowledge from research centres, universities and laboratories, to the industry and our lives. Link of interest: https://www.allread.ai/en/

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 the academic research and the pharma industry, and the amazing feeling she gets from seeing her PhD students thrive and collaborate with them.   This episode is part of a tech transfer special, a series of interviews to better understand the transfer of knowledge from research centres, universities and laboratories, to the industry and our lives. Check Henckaertslab website here: https://henckaertslab.org/