Research & Webinars
Here we provide a number of reports and research summaries related to SMEs and innovation. You will find additional materials in our main research section.
Papers, briefs and publications
Finding an efficiency-oriented approach to scrutinise the essentiality of SEPs
by Giuseppe Colangelo

Webinar Description: The assessment of SEPs’ true essentiality is a topic that has gain significant interest among policy makers. As the European Commission is expected to deliver a legislative proposal to promote an efficient and sustainable SEP licensing ecosystem, the webinar aims to provide a review of the literature on different mechanisms that could be used to determine the essentiality of a patent. Indeed, whilst any policy intervention stems from the need to ensure a reasonable balance among accuracy, transparency, and cost of the essentiality checks, the available approaches score differently in terms of their efficiency.
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The GitHub Copilot Case

Going from Software Protection to Artificial Intelligence Authorship
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2022 Winners

4iP Council is pleased to announce the winning papers and authors in the 2022 4iP Council Research Awards
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Interview with Xavier Bonjour, Microoled

Looking into the world of light AR by the hand of Xavier Bonjour, Marketing & Partnerships Director of ActiveLook®
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From Semiconductor to Embracing a Better Life - IP Models for an Innovation Ecosystem at IMEC
by IMEC

Imec leverages its microchip technology in various technology platforms, which in turn cover a multitude of system platforms that enable smart solutions for health, industry, mobility, cities, entertainment, energy, education and agrifood. The webinar describes IMEC’s innovation network models bringing together a world-class infrastructure within the local and global ecosystem of government, universities and industry and its diverse expert partners across the value chain to accelerate progress towards a connected, sustainable future and the IP models to support such open innovation.