This episode explains what constitutes a trade secret, highlighting its differences from other IP like patents, and notes recent legal developments globally. The text further discusses the numerous management challenges associated with trade secrets, including risks from employees and collaborators, and proposes best practices such as documentation, layered protection strategies, and using metadata. Finally, it characterises trade secret management as a process that companies mature through, stressing the necessity for active management to fully leverage these assets.

Show Notes

📌 Here you can find the summary of the CEIPI-EPO Master Program lecture on trade secret management and protection by Donal O’Connell

📌 Please note the current Call for Subject Matter Experts for the IP Business Academy 2025

📌 Here you can find the newsletter 🎯𝗜𝗣 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗣𝘂𝗹𝘀𝗲 which reports every 14 days on the most important news worldwide in IP and IP management:

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📌 Here you find Donal O’Connell on LinkedIn

This marketing approach, which evolved from the 1980s, uses push and pull techniques to target both B2B and B2C markets. While it offers benefits like price premiums and market power, it also poses risks such as dependency on OEM quality. This episode distinguish ingredient branding from co-branding and highlight the importance of material relevance, consumer visibility, and strategic labelling for success. It also dives into the concept of inverse ingredient branding where the OEM promotes the component.

Show Notes

📌 Here you find the summary of this 🔬 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗡𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘀 about basics of ingredient branding by Prof. Dr. Waldemar Pfoertsch on the 📑𝗜𝗣 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗟𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀

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📌 🔗𝗱𝗜𝗣𝗹𝗲𝘅 is your digital IP lexicon. As a global IP knowledge hub, it helps you with all questions about IP and IP management. Browse through the topics or look for a specific answer and an expert for your questions.

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📌 Here you find Prof. Dr. Waldemar Pfoertsch on LinkedIn

Drawing upon a 2015 academic study on brand identity and a 2024 legal analysis of trademark risk using examples like Nescafé and Tate & Lyle's Golden Syrup, they explain how elements such as packaging, messaging, and logos contribute to consumer perception. This episode stress the importance of trademark clearance and retaining distinctive brand components to avoid legal issues and loss of equity. A five-step roadmap is offered, integrating identity audits, legal screening, design testing, phased rollout, and IP protection, demonstrating that successful rebranding requires coordination between marketing, design, legal, and consumer insights.

Show Notes

📌 Here you find the 🔬 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗡𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘀 about brand identity, by Sabin Mindrut, Adriana Manolica and Crisina Teodora Roman

📌 Please note the current Call for Subject Matter Experts for the IP Business Academy 2025

📌 Here you find the Lexology post on rebranding by Charlotte Duly

📌 In the 🔎𝗜𝗣 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗿𝘆 you will find all the important terms of IP management explained in detail including audio summaries for each term. Here you find the term rebranding:

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This kickoff episode of our Personal Growth series explores how intellectual property experts can use digital marketing to build visibility, credibility, and influence. In a world where professional relevance is increasingly shaped online, having a strong digital presence is no longer optional—it’s essential. You'll learn why platforms like LinkedIn matter, how to position your expertise, and what tools and techniques help IP professionals stay visible and valuable in a digital-first environment.

Show Notes

📌 How digital marketing empowers modern IP professionals: From hidden expert to trusted voice.

📌 A step-by-step email course to help IP professionals build visibility through digital marketing.

📌 🌱 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗛𝘂𝗯 is a platform created by and for the IP community, offering practical tools and insights to help professionals grow their careers and strengthen their digital visibility

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It emphasises that a robust IP portfolio, encompassing patents, trademarks, and trade secrets, acts as a competitive advantage, or "moat". The text explains how to showcase market exclusivity, brand loyalty, and innovation leadership through IP protection. Using Stripe as a case study, the author illustrates how a combination of different IP types contributes to a defensible market position and secures investment. Ultimately, the piece advises startups to strategically leverage and clearly communicate the value of their IP to potential funders.

Show Notes

📌 Here you can find Ilanit Appelfeld's post on 📝𝗜𝗣 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗔𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝘆 𝗕𝗹𝗼𝗴 how to protect a business model with IP:

📌 Please note the current Call for Subject Matter Experts for the IP Business Academy 2025

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📌 The newsletter 🎯𝗜𝗣 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗣𝘂𝗹𝘀𝗲 also has an archive of all previous issues in which you can research topics, which you can find here:

📌 🔗𝗱𝗜𝗣𝗹𝗲𝘅 is your digital IP lexicon. As a global IP knowledge hub, it helps you with all questions about IP and IP management. Browse through the topics or look for a specific answer and an expert for your questions.

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Stephen Key emphasised that understanding business objectives should precede patenting, urging inventors to align their patent claims with their commercial goals. Key stressed the importance of testing market demand for an invention's benefit before heavily investing in IP protection. He also highlighted the collaborative role of inventors and IP experts, where inventors should actively contribute their business acumen to the patenting process, ensuring the protection truly serves their needs. Key enthusiastically endorsed provisional patent applications as an accessible starting point for securing intellectual property rights while further developing an invention.

Show Notes

📌 Here is the recording of the CEIPI 🖥️𝗜𝗣 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸𝘀 interview:

📌 Please note the current Call for Subject Matter Experts for the IP Business Academy 2025

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📌The newsletter 🎯𝗜𝗣 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗣𝘂𝗹𝘀𝗲 also has an archive of all previous issues in which you can research topics, which you can find here:

📌 🔗𝗱𝗜𝗣𝗹𝗲𝘅 is your digital IP lexicon. As a global IP knowledge hub, it helps you with all questions about IP and IP management. Browse through the topics or look for a specific answer and an expert for your questions.

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📌 Find Stephen Key on LinkedIn here

Novak, with a background in economics, finance, and software, recounts his entry into IP tech through developing an AI-powered patent retrieval system. The discussion further investigates the challenges startups face in engaging with the IP system and how digital tools, like Novak's, can lower these barriers by offering user-friendly initial engagement and fostering trust, ultimately aiming to improve the client journey for patent law firms.

Show Notes

📌 Here you can find the recording of the live interview with Adam Novak as part of the CEIPI IP Business Talk:

📌 Please note the current Call for Subject Matter Experts for the IP Business Academy 2025

📌 A post on the 📝𝗜𝗣 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗔𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝘆 𝗕𝗹𝗼𝗴 with Adam Novak about the digitization of IP firms:

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📌 🔗𝗱𝗜𝗣𝗹𝗲𝘅 is your digital IP lexicon. As a global IP knowledge hub, it helps you with all questions about IP and IP management. Browse through the topics or look for a specific answer and an expert for your questions.

📌 In the 🔎𝗜𝗣 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗿𝘆 you will find all the important terms of IP management explained in detail including audio summaries for each term:

Koukounis emphasises the often-overlooked value of incremental improvements and advocates for closer collaboration between engineers and IP departments to identify and protect these innovations through patents. The discussion uses the example of modified excavator teeth to illustrate how strategic IP design can secure market advantages. Ultimately, the piece argues for a shift in perspective where IP is viewed as a strategic business asset rather than just a cost, requiring better understanding at the executive level and encouragement of inventive thinking among engineers.

Show Notes

📌 Here you can find the summary post of the live interview on the 📝𝗜𝗣 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗔𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝘆 𝗕𝗹𝗼𝗴:

📌 Please note the current Call for Subject Matter Experts for the IP Business Academy 2025

📌 Here is the recorded live interview as a part of the 🖥️𝗜𝗣 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸𝘀:

📌 Here you can register for the VDI/VPP seminar in April:

📌 🔗𝗱𝗜𝗣𝗹𝗲𝘅 is your digital IP lexicon. As a global IP knowledge hub, it helps you with all questions about IP and IP management. Here you can find the page on “IP an Innovation” at the 🔗𝗱𝗜𝗣𝗹𝗲𝘅

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📌 Here you can find Wasilis Koukounis on LinkedIn:

Drawing upon Robert G. Cooper's work, this episode presents the stage-gate system as a structured method to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of new product development. The stage-gate approach divides the innovation process into distinct stages separated by decision points called gates, involving multidisciplinary teams and senior management. Key benefits highlighted include enhanced quality, stronger market focus, better preliminary work, and more robust project evaluations. Ultimately, the piece argues that adopting a stage-gate system offers a competitive advantage by providing a clear roadmap and improving the success rate of new products.

Show Notes

📌 Here you find the 🔬 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗡𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗲𝘁 by Robert G. Cooper “Stage-Gate Systems: A New Tool for Managing New Products at 📑𝗜𝗣 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗟𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀

📌 Please note the current Call for Subject Matter Experts for the IP Business Academy 2025

📌 In the 🔎𝗜𝗣 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗿𝘆 you will find all the important terms of IP management explained in detail including audio summaries for each term – here you can find the term “Stage-Gate Process”

📌 🔗𝗱𝗜𝗣𝗹𝗲𝘅 is your digital IP lexicon. As a global IP knowledge hub, it helps you with all questions about IP and IP management. Here you find the deep dive about “IP in Innovation”

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This episode outlines key areas of concern, including copyright and software protection, industrial property and patent protection, data protection and ownership, and cybersecurity threats. The discussion emphasises the complexities of balancing open-source initiatives with proprietary IP and highlights LESI's role in addressing these issues. Future directions for IP in smart cities, such as the growing importance of data and AI-related IP, are also considered.

Show Notes

📌 Here is the interview with Dana Robert Colarulli Executive Director LES International about IP and Smart Cities and the upcoming annual LESI conference in Singapore

📌 Please note the current Call for Subject Matter Experts for the IP Business Academy

📌 🔗𝗱𝗜𝗣𝗹𝗲𝘅 is your digital IP lexicon: Here you can find the deep dive about IP and Smart Cities

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📌 Here you can find Dana Robert Colarulli on LinkedIn