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Why some IP Teams Fail, and How to Make Them Scale
Together with Ceyda Maisami from HP, Mitsuaki Matsumura from IBM and Toni Santamaria from Adalvo, we explore three factors that repeatedly emerged as critical to long-term success for every IP organisation: who owns and defines the mandate of the IP function, how to structure and resource IP teams for the best impact, and how to measure what actually matters.
Fearless IP Launches a New FAQ Section on IP Licensing and Monetisation
Fearless IP’s FAQ section is designed to give IP and licensing leaders faster access to practical guidance and strategic perspectives on the issues that shape licensing outcomes.
Data Licensing: Why Our Existing Models Fall Short
Why is data licensing so difficult when technology licensing has long relied on established models and commercial frameworks? In MedTech and life sciences, data is becoming increasingly central to product development, validation, regulation and AI-driven innovation, yet familiar licensing logic does not translate easily.
IP Monetisation for Executive Teams
For executive teams, intellectual property is in the strategic asset class. It can shape revenue growth, market leverage, and competitive position. The challenge is how the organisation will convert IP value into commercialisation outcomes that support corporate strategy.
Sonja London Receives IPR Person of the Year Recognition
On 27 March 2026, Sonja London, founder of Fearless IP, received the IPR Person of the Year award from the IPR University Center at the Annual Finnish IPR Gala. The recognition honours her long-standing contribution to intellectual property strategy, licensing and commercialisation across more than two decades.
Licensing and Litigation, Do You Have to Sue to Succeed?
A brief guide consolidates practical guidance for licensing programme managers, general counsels, and corporate IP leaders seeking to convert intellectual property into sustainable commercial value while aligning enforcement stance to business priorities.
Making Licensing Tangible – Follow-Up: What Implementers Experience in SEP Licensing
This follow-up article continues the discussion on SEP licensing from an implementer’s perspective. It explores key tensions in SEP negotiations, including how implementers assess FRAND offers, evaluate patent portfolios, and manage licensing risks across the supply chain.
Licensing as a Strategic Signal: What is Your Message to the Market
Licensing is more than a revenue generating business. It is a deliberate message to competitors, partners and investors about how you manage risk, value and growth. Choose the signal you send.
What Implementers Should Do When Approached for SEP Licensing – SEP Licensing for Implementers
For many companies, the first real encounter with Standard Essential Patent licensing happens when a letter or email arrives from a patent owner or licensing program. It can be unsettling: legal language, royalty demands, and references to technical standards you may not even be fully aware your products or services rely on. Yet if they use connectivity, video, or other standardized technologies, chances are that at some point, a licensor will reach out.
Sonja London Appointed Chair of the Board at Helsinki Innovation Services Ltd
On 1 October 2025, changes were made to the Board of Helsinki Innovation Services Ltd (HIS), the technology transfer and commercialisation company fully owned by the University of Helsinki. With deep expertise in technology transfer and the IP sector, the renewed Board is tasked with increasing the impact and market reach of research-based inventions originating from the University.