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Globally, the Nordic region has continued to lead the way in the effective mobilisation of IPs, through effective strategizing and management along the entire portfolio lifecycle. However, the pace of technological change is disrupting traditional IP industries and models, and the region faces new challenges and growing pressures to diversify their IPs and develop effective multi-national IP strategies.

Ahead of next year's Nordic IPR 2022 Summit, we spoke exclusively to Måns Sjöstrand, Global Head of IP & Brand Protection at Daniel Wellington, Tuomas Matila, Head of IP at Veikkaus Oy and Richard Pitman, Vice President IP Strategy & Litigation at Ascendis Pharma, about the greatest IP challenges currently affecting the Nordic region, that need to be overcome, in order to continue business growth and build industry resilience.

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The IP landscape is changing rapidly due to technologies, products and services becoming increasingly complex and disrupting traditional industries and IP models. IP leaders must not only effectively protect their assets against emerging threats, but streamline operational processes, minimize risks, navigate new licensing frameworks, and effectively partner across the business to unlock the true potential of their portfolios. This can only be achieved by identifying and implementing best practice from leading companies in a variety of sectors around the world, as well as learning how to leverage tools and technologies to drive the business forward.

Ahead of this year’s Nordic IPR Summit, we spoke exclusively to our keynote speaker Maria Mellgren, IP Director Incontinence Care at Essity, on how we can best overcome the key challenges of the IP landscape.

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28 per cent of IP, cyber and risk professionals say their company has experienced a material IP incident over the past two years, so why aren’t companies prioritising and protecting IP from the get-go? Published in The Times, our intellectual Property special report:

• Explores the pivotal steps throughout the product development cycle needed to protect your tangible and intangible assets
• Examines the first patents to list an artificial intelligence as the the inventors
• Features an infographic on the value of intangible assets in comparison to tangible assets

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The Nordic region is one of the most innovative, progressive and collaborative regions in the world - as such, the manner in which companies in the area leverage their technological advancements is vital.

Ahead of Nordic IPR's Conference, we talked to Danielle Lewensohn, Director IPR Management, RaySearch Laboratories, about the challenges and opportunities digitisation has brought to the IP sector.

Danielle guides us through the implications of IoT and connectivity from an IP perspective, patent analytics increasing opportunities across different industries and the valorisation of IP at boardroom level.

Intellectual property now plays an increasingly important role in the world economy and has risen up to take its place on the agenda of many senior business leaders. Understanding how best to create, employ and control these assets is key to forming strategies that capitalise and maximise the value of a companies intellectual property.

With this in mind, prior to this year’s Nordic IPR event, Legal IQ surveyed a number of relevant individuals in the IP space about the key trends and challenges they are facing in their roles.

Globally, the Nordic Region has continued to lead the way in the effective mobilisation of IPs, through effective strategizing and management along the entire portfolio lifecycle. However, the region now faces growing pressure to diversify their IPs, including accessing emerging markets, and developing effective multinational IP strategies. Ahead of the Nordic IPR Summit, Legal IQ has prepared a high level overview of the latest cases from the Nordic area which may effect your intellectual property. intellectual property.

It is imperative for any company to align its IP strategy to drive the needs of the business. The Nordics has lead the way in this, implementing systems to monitor and plan each step along the IP lifecycle. Legal IQ sat down with the chairman of the Nordic IPR Summit, Stephan Wolke, thyssenkrupp Intellectual Property GmbH, to discuss how companies within the region can best drive up the value of their IP through effective planning and strategy.

Download the attendee list to see who you could meet at Nordic IPR 2022!

Attending accounts include:

• AstraZeneca
• Daniel Wellington
• Ericsson
• Johnson & Johnson
• Nokia
• Spotify
• Volvo Group