INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MODELS TO ACCELERATE SUSTAINABILITY TRANSITIONS - IPACST
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Cambridge
Department Name: Engineering
Abstract
Transformations to sustainability rely on innovation with complex diffusion and adoption processes. The role of intellectual property (IP) and IP rights (IPR) in sustainability transitions remains insufficiently understood. IPR can delay transitions by blocking new technologies, but if used effectively can encourage private investments, knowledge sharing and collaborative learning. The project transforms our understanding of how intellectual property (IP) models accelerate sustainability transitions integrating theories and concepts from sustainability, IP and innovation research. To date, sustainability and IP research have been studied independently. This project contributes to the integration of both fields through frameworks that conceptualize (i) which, (ii) how and (iii) under what conditions IP models accelerate sustainable transitions, in connection with sustainable business models. Hence, we build an interdisciplinary research community that furthers our understanding of dynamic sustainable economic development.
An IP model typology, a sustainable business model typology and conceptual frameworks will be developed based upon case studies in clean energy and circular economy in developing and developed countries. With a Delphi study and simulations, the frameworks will be tested for further sectors. To create impact in industries at different levels, we develop and promote tools for selecting suitable IP and business models, best-practice cases and guidelines, awareness and training kits for key stakeholders such as policy makers, funding organizations, businesses and start-up incubators, education institutions and technology transfer offices.
An IP model typology, a sustainable business model typology and conceptual frameworks will be developed based upon case studies in clean energy and circular economy in developing and developed countries. With a Delphi study and simulations, the frameworks will be tested for further sectors. To create impact in industries at different levels, we develop and promote tools for selecting suitable IP and business models, best-practice cases and guidelines, awareness and training kits for key stakeholders such as policy makers, funding organizations, businesses and start-up incubators, education institutions and technology transfer offices.
Planned Impact
Publication:
We will publish the research findings open access in high-impact, inter-disciplinary journals (e.g., PLOS ONE, Nature, Sustainability Science, Research Policy, Energy Policy, Journal of Cleaner Production), national and international conferences (Academy of Management Conference; International Society for Industrial Ecology; Indian Academy of Management), and practitioner magazines cutting across sustainability, IP and innovation communities. Intermediary findings will be periodically updated in a dedicated IPACST website and social media. We develop and promote briefing papers for national and international funding bodies and policy makers.
Dissemination:
The dissemination will be target-group-specific primarily addressing three stakeholder groups including academics, practitioners and policy makers. To reach academics, we run specific academic conferences and create collaborative online group with IP and sustainability experts to distribute regular project newsletters, organize a special issue in a reputed, international sustainability and innovation journal, run at least one dedicated IPACST workshop event in Year3 in Cambridge with 50+ participants, publish a research agenda paper, develop a teaching kit, including theoretical concepts, and best practice cases which will be used for teaching of at least 6,000 students within the applicants', advisory board, and cooperation partners' network. We reach industry decision makers through practitioner articles, training and teaching kits, best-practice cases, decision support tools and guidelines. Supported by IfM ECS, cooperation partners and advisory board members in developed and developing countries, the training kits will be disseminated to organizations, such as industry associations, public governance bodies (e.g. EPO academy, Indian National Innovation Foundation), non-profit organizations (e.g. Engineers without Borders, Cradle to Cradle Association, Ellen MacArthur foundation), IP associations (e.g. European Intellectual Property Teachers Network, IP Awareness Network) and incubators (e.g. KIC InnoEnergy, Climate KIC, Social Impact Labs). To maximize impact we discuss and promote results at practitioner-oriented workshops and conferences. To reach policy makers and funding agencies (e.g. European Commission, Belmont Forum, UK research councils, Global Challenge Research Funds), policy briefing papers are promoted on country specific policy workshops.
Knowledge utilisation and realization:
Long-term global research community building, awareness campaign together with continual dissemination and outreach will create an ecosystem conducive for IP model driven sustainability transitions. The developed decision support tools and guidelines to select IP models for sustainability when practised will promote adoption and accelerated diffusion of sustainable technologies leading to pollution-free environment, safe living and work conditions. IPACST educates students on how to respond to environmental and socio-economic challenges through suitable IP models preparing them to master transitions to resource-efficient, societal, and economical sustainable societies. Direct-stakeholder interaction and dissemination to influential, multinational organizations and policy makers to shape future IP policies in support of sustainability transitions.
We will publish the research findings open access in high-impact, inter-disciplinary journals (e.g., PLOS ONE, Nature, Sustainability Science, Research Policy, Energy Policy, Journal of Cleaner Production), national and international conferences (Academy of Management Conference; International Society for Industrial Ecology; Indian Academy of Management), and practitioner magazines cutting across sustainability, IP and innovation communities. Intermediary findings will be periodically updated in a dedicated IPACST website and social media. We develop and promote briefing papers for national and international funding bodies and policy makers.
Dissemination:
The dissemination will be target-group-specific primarily addressing three stakeholder groups including academics, practitioners and policy makers. To reach academics, we run specific academic conferences and create collaborative online group with IP and sustainability experts to distribute regular project newsletters, organize a special issue in a reputed, international sustainability and innovation journal, run at least one dedicated IPACST workshop event in Year3 in Cambridge with 50+ participants, publish a research agenda paper, develop a teaching kit, including theoretical concepts, and best practice cases which will be used for teaching of at least 6,000 students within the applicants', advisory board, and cooperation partners' network. We reach industry decision makers through practitioner articles, training and teaching kits, best-practice cases, decision support tools and guidelines. Supported by IfM ECS, cooperation partners and advisory board members in developed and developing countries, the training kits will be disseminated to organizations, such as industry associations, public governance bodies (e.g. EPO academy, Indian National Innovation Foundation), non-profit organizations (e.g. Engineers without Borders, Cradle to Cradle Association, Ellen MacArthur foundation), IP associations (e.g. European Intellectual Property Teachers Network, IP Awareness Network) and incubators (e.g. KIC InnoEnergy, Climate KIC, Social Impact Labs). To maximize impact we discuss and promote results at practitioner-oriented workshops and conferences. To reach policy makers and funding agencies (e.g. European Commission, Belmont Forum, UK research councils, Global Challenge Research Funds), policy briefing papers are promoted on country specific policy workshops.
Knowledge utilisation and realization:
Long-term global research community building, awareness campaign together with continual dissemination and outreach will create an ecosystem conducive for IP model driven sustainability transitions. The developed decision support tools and guidelines to select IP models for sustainability when practised will promote adoption and accelerated diffusion of sustainable technologies leading to pollution-free environment, safe living and work conditions. IPACST educates students on how to respond to environmental and socio-economic challenges through suitable IP models preparing them to master transitions to resource-efficient, societal, and economical sustainable societies. Direct-stakeholder interaction and dissemination to influential, multinational organizations and policy makers to shape future IP policies in support of sustainability transitions.
People |
ORCID iD |
| Frank Tietze (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Contreras J
(2020)
Pledging Intellectual Property for COVID-19
in SSRN Electronic Journal
Contreras JL
(2020)
Pledging intellectual property for COVID-19.
in Nature biotechnology
Da-Cunha, L
(2020)
Developing an IP strategy for environmental sustainability
Eppinger E
(2021)
Social Licensing Knowledge Brief
Eppinger E
(2021)
Sustainability transitions in manufacturing: the role of intellectual property
in Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability
Eppinger E
(2021)
Sustainability FRAND Licensing Knowledge Brief
Eppinger E
(2021)
IPR Pledge for Sustainability Knowledge Brief
Eppinger E
(2021)
Defensive Publishing Knowledge Brief
Frank Tietze
(2022)
EPIP 2022 conference on theme "Opening IP for a better world?"
| Title | A template as part of a business decision toolkit |
| Description | The template is available as part of our decision support toolkit for business that want to understand the relationship of their IP and how it can be used to drive forward certain UN SDGs. |
| Type Of Art | Artefact (including digital) |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Impact | The template and toolkit can be downloaded and used by businesses small and large from all around the world. |
| URL | https://ip4sustainability.org/knowledge-briefs/ |
| Description | We have achieved the necessary final results of the project, which closed in 2022. The results clearly point towards IP being of integral importance for sustainability transitions, yet remains an under-studied topic that requires more funding and research. The role of IP for facilitating sustainability transition depends upon the type of IP model(s) used and the settings under which these models are adopted. A set of key propositions has been developed and validated through a survey. A specific briefing document for policy makers will soon be published. Other project results can be found on www.ip4sustainability.org, including an interactive teaching kit, with slide decks and case studies as well as a business toolkit for supporting companies to have more structured conversations about how IP can help them to achieve SDGs. |
| Exploitation Route | We have completed in total about 28 case studies with all four project partners. The findings from the case studies have been used as a basis to develop business toolkits, teaching kits, and knowledge/policy briefs targeting different audience groups namely industry practitioners, academics, and funding bodies/policymakers respectively. Further, some of the case studies we have published present best practice to inspire other companies to use intellectual property to help achieve sustainability transitions. A number of research publications include several recommendations for future research. |
| Sectors | Chemicals,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Energy,Environment,Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology,Transport |
| URL | http://www.ip4sustainability.org |
| Description | The project mostly employed case study research. The participating firms have stated that the visual-assisted interview process using historic roadmapping techniques has been very helpful to them. They think the process can be helpful to them for strategic planning, plus they also asked to receive the digitised and visualised case study protocols, which consist mostly of four visual maps for each case study. A business tool kit has been developed based on the findings from the IPACST case studies and pilot tested with industry participants. A case study explaining the role of IP for humanitarian aid and social impact has been developed and pilot testing in different class settings and trainings. We have also produced a teaching kit that is available on the project website for free for other's teaching sustainability, innovation and/or IP in higher-education or secondary education (highschools/ colleges) or executive trainings. We also conducted workshops in partnership with the organizations such as the Solar Impulse Foundation and Responsible Innovation Summit. Participants included clean technology companies covering start-ups, SMEs, and large entities. We conducted interactive, guided sessions using visual mapping templates dedicated to discussing the IP strategies for sustainability transition and associated challenges. The participating companies benefited from each other through the discussions facilitated around IP strategies for clean technologies covering topics like choice of IP asset types and protection mechanisms (e.g., patents, trade secrets), IP related costs, and IP sharing mechanisms and tools based on the learnings from the IPACST project. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2022 |
| Sector | Chemicals,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Energy,Environment,Financial Services, and Management Consultancy,Government, Democracy and Justice,Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology,Transport |
| Impact Types | Societal,Economic |
| Description | Invited talk on "IP Strategies for Green Innovations - an analysis of Eurpean Inventor Awards" |
| Geographic Reach | Europe |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to new or improved professional practice |
| Impact | A presentation of IPACST results in from of a highly-influential audience with representatives of various patent offices from Europe and the OECD |
| Description | Open COVID Pledge initiative |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Impact | The Open COVID Pledge is an initiative conceived as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic and it 'calls on organizations around the world to make their patents and copyrights freely available in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.' Dr Frank Tietze (the IPACST Co-I, Institute for Manufacturing, Univesity of Cambridge), is one of the founding members in collaboration with colleagues from Cambridge, Stanford, Berkeley, Utah, and CreativeCommons. The initiative currently has over 30 companies that pledged their patents in full or selectively. |
| URL | https://opencovidpledge.org/ |
| Description | Various knowledge and policy briefing documents |
| Geographic Reach | Europe |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to new or improved professional practice |
| Impact | Incremental changes hopefully to the understanding of policy makers in those and other disciplines, most notably innovation policy. |
| Description | Intellectual Property for Sustainability |
| Amount | £91,010 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 877782608 |
| Organisation | British Council |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2022 |
| End | 12/2022 |
| Description | Study on Open Innovation Models and Intellectual Property |
| Amount | € 229,000 (EUR) |
| Funding ID | EASME/2019/OP/OO17 |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 05/2020 |
| End | 05/2021 |
| Description | Cambridge Global Challenges |
| Organisation | University of Cambridge |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Cambridge Global Challenges, one of the university's strategic research initiative decided to join the IPACST project as collaboration partner. Together with CGC we got involved in the SADC project with African partners. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The agreed to set aside some time of their team member to work on our project. They agreed to help disseminating the results towards the end of the project. |
| Impact | not yet |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Collaboration with academics from the Indian Institute of Sciences and Bits Pilani |
| Organisation | Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani |
| Country | India |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Testing and piloting of a graduate teaching programme that combines IP, innovation and sustainability. I was the lead PI to this project. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Testing and piloting of a graduate teaching programme that combines IP, innovation and sustainability. The project partners contributed teaching activities and to the conceptualisation/design of the programme. They also hosted students. |
| Impact | Teaching materials; a pilot run with 10 Indian students from both Indian partner universities |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Collaboration with academics from the Indian Institute of Sciences and Bits Pilani |
| Organisation | Indian Institute of Science Bangalore |
| Country | India |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Testing and piloting of a graduate teaching programme that combines IP, innovation and sustainability. I was the lead PI to this project. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Testing and piloting of a graduate teaching programme that combines IP, innovation and sustainability. The project partners contributed teaching activities and to the conceptualisation/design of the programme. They also hosted students. |
| Impact | Teaching materials; a pilot run with 10 Indian students from both Indian partner universities |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Collaboration with academics from the Indian Institute of Sciences and Bits Pilani |
| Organisation | Oxford Brookes University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Testing and piloting of a graduate teaching programme that combines IP, innovation and sustainability. I was the lead PI to this project. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Testing and piloting of a graduate teaching programme that combines IP, innovation and sustainability. The project partners contributed teaching activities and to the conceptualisation/design of the programme. They also hosted students. |
| Impact | Teaching materials; a pilot run with 10 Indian students from both Indian partner universities |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | A Webinar on "Using Intellectual Property for Sustainability Transitions" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This webinar has been organised by the IPACST team, University of Cambridge, as a part of the EU Green Week 2021 Partner Event, within the purview of the European Commission's European Green Deal policy initiatives. The webinar was aimed at disseminating results from the IPACST research project. Dr Frank Tietze from the IPACST project shared insights from case research across the UK, Europe, and India showcasing how intellectual property can be used responsibly to create social and environmental impact. As a guest speaker from the industry, Mr Thomas Couaillet, Managing Director, Nutriset S.A.S, a mission-driven French nutritional solution provider, also one of the IPACST case study participants, shared insights about Nutriset's IP licensing models for achieving sustainable development goals (SDGs). The webinar was attended by about 50 international participants. The Q&A session sparked questions and discussions about the role of IP for sustainability in LMICs, role of traditional knowledge in sustainability, and selective licensing practices for sustainability. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.ifm.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/ctm-newsletter-ipacst/ |
| Description | An empirical investigation of intellectual property for sustainability and its relevance to IPR policy |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Oral presentation at the EUSPRI 2021 and EPIP 2021 conferences - dissemination of the research findings, obtaining feedback, facilitating research conversations, and networking with the research community and other IPR experts. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.euspri2021.no/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Session-16.2.pdf |
| Description | Blog post on |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Blog post by Dr Frank Tietze from the IPACST project on the topic 'Let's avoid that IP gets in the way of fighting the Coronavirus / Covid19 pandemic!'. In this article, Frank narrates how his thinking converged towards the need for making sure IP doesn't become a hindrance in fighting the pandemic. His thought process resulted in the formation of a COVID-19 task force within the IIPM research lab to look into the crisis-critical IP-related challenges. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://medium.com/@frank.tietze/lets-avoid-that-ip-gets-in-the-way-of-fighting-the-coronavirus-covi... |
| Description | Building online profile - a case study |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Dr Pratheeba Vimalnath from IPACST shared with the postdocs at the University of Cambridge, about her experience of building an online profile around the research topic of IP and sustainability, and beyond. This is delivered as a part of the termly postdoc café meeting, University of Cambridge, May 2021. The talk was followed by questions about using and managing different channels for profile building and dissemination activities. The participants shared their own experiences as well. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Critical social science perspectives on transformations to sustainability - emerging framings and approaches |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Oral presentation at the Sustainability Research Congress (SRI) organized by International Science Council in June 2021. The purpose is to disseminate research findings, obtain feedback, stimulate research conversations, and thinking about the role of IP for sustainability. Authors include Jain, A., Gurtoo, A., Eppinger, E. Vimalnath, P. Tietze, F. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | How can Intellectual Property (IP) help encourage and incentivise sustainable innovation? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Elisabeth Eppinger and Frank Tietze from the IPACST project join Lee and Gwilym to talk about their project which examines the role of IP in sustainable innovations and brings climate change solutions to market using global interdisciplinary skills. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://cipa.buzzsprout.com/1045420/9400563-ip-and-sustainability |
| Description | How does the patent system and the development of vaccines sit together? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Dr Frank Tietze from the IPACST team was interviewed by the CEO of CIPA, UK, and chairman, Lee Davies and Gwilym Roberts to discuss views on COVID 19, vaccines, and the IP industry. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://cipa.buzzsprout.com/1045420/8120905-vaccines |
| Description | Identifying green sustainable technologies: The state-of-the-art from using patent data |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Oral presentation at the R&D Management 2021 conference - dissemination of the research findings, obtaining feedback, facilitating research conversations, and networking with the research community and other IPR experts. The paper received the best paper award in track 'The Future of R&D Innovation'. Elsen, M., Aristodemou, L., Tietze, F., Vimalnath, P. 2021. Identifying green sustainable technologies: The state-of-the-art from using patent data. R&D Management Conference 2021, University of Strathclyde, Strathclyde, United Kingdom. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.rnd2021.org/Best-Paper-Awards |
| Description | Innovation in Climate-Change Mitigation Technologies: A Patent Analysis. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Oral presentation at the DRUID 2021 conference - dissemination of the research findings, obtaining feedback, facilitating research conversations, and networking with the innovation and IP research community. Elsen, M., Aristodemou, L., Tietze, F., Vimalnath, P. 2021. Innovation in Climate-Change Mitigation Technologies: A Patent Analysis. DRUID 2021 Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://conference.druid.dk/acc_papers/i1meb5nqerk8gvsqw2n7u3i88ywwvc.pdf |
| Description | Intellectual Property Rights: A Sustainability approach for Startups and Women Entrepreneurship, |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Talk delivered by Anjula Gurtoo, Elisabeth Eppinger, and Frank Tietze on the topic of 'Intellectual Property Rights: A Sustainability approach for Startups and Women Entrepreneurship' as a part of the CPDMED Incubator webinar series on 'The MedTech Start-up Journey'. The purpose of this engagement activity is to disseminate IPACST research to an international audience, present research findings, and stimulate discussions about the role of IP for sustainability and women entrepreneurship. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://incubator.cpdm.iisc.ac.in/webinar/intellectual-property-rights-a-sustainability-approach-for... |
| Description | Intellectual Property for Net Zero - COP26 observations |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Dr Frank Tietze from the IPACST project attended the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP26, held in Glasgow, United Kingdom. Frank shares his experience and observations from the COP26 in a series of two blog articles: https://medium.com/@frank.tietze/intellectual-property-for-net-zero-cop26-observations-2c2fd0678575 https://medium.com/@frank.tietze/ip-for-net-zero-cop26-continued-26357bd33489 Post COP26, several contacts were established with the COP26 participating organizations, and discussions for potential collaborations are underway. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://medium.com/@frank.tietze/intellectual-property-for-net-zero-cop26-observations-2c2fd0678575 |
| Description | Intellectual Property in the Policy Mix for the Circular Economy - New approaches to foster sustainability transitions |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Oral presentation at the STRN conference 2021. The purpose was to disseminate research findings, obtain feedback, stimulate research conversations and thinking about IP and policy mix for the circular economy. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Invited talk by Frank Tietze, |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Dr Frank Tietze from the IPACST project was invited to share insights into the research we have been working on since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. The talk is organised by the University's Maxwell Centre jointly with Cambridge Network. In his talk Frank summarised the main findings from our recently published IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management paper "Crisis-Critical IP", he introduced the key concepts we proposed in that paper (Crisis-Critical products, CC-sectors and CC-IP), discussed the incumbents and new entrants perspectives / scenarios during highly dynamic times that alter industrial organisations, shared insights into his involvement with the Open Covid Pledge and discussed some initial findings that are potentially relevant for policy makers (incentive focused use of IP policy and access driven IP policies). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.iipm.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/frank-tietzes-talk-universitys-maxwell-centre-sharing-insights-o... |
| Description | Organisation of major international conference EPIP (European Policy for Intellectual Property) in Cambridge in Sept 2022 to promote the research results of the IPACST project |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | see https://www.epip.eu/epip2022 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.epip.eu/epip2022 |
| Description | Participation and group discussion as a part of 'Theory of Change' event by the Wolfson college sustainability & conservation hub |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | The intended purpose is to engage with the sustainability hub community within the university to brainstorm the 'Theory of change' roadmap for sustainability. Dr Pratheeba Vimalnath from the IPACST project contributed as one of the discussants in the session discussing 'Why isn't all Sustainability & Conservation knowledge open source?'. The outcomes of the discussion were used as input for the subsequent events towards developing the theory of change roadmap for sustainability and conservation. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Participation in the workshop on 'IP Management for Green Products' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Pratheeba Vimalnath from the IPACST project attended the two-day workshop on 'IP Management for Green Products', organized by the WIPO green and the IP for Business Division. The workshop included presentations from green technology companies on how they use IP as a strategic tool for their business and competitive advantage. Engaged with the experts and the presenters during the Q&A session and stimulate discussions around the questions such as (1) How important is it for green companies to evolve their IP strategies over time as the companies grow? and (2) Is there anything the experts notice in terms of developing IP strategies for green technology businesses versus other traditional businesses. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Public lecture on "What's intellectual property got to do with sustainability?" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A public lecture at the Cambridge Science Festival in 2022 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Research presentation on 'Intellectual Property for green innovations, circular economy and sustainability' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | The presentation was delivered as a part of the Cambridge Zero Research Symposia 2021 Programme under the theme, 'Resources & Production'. The purpose of the presentation was two-fold: One, to present the key preliminary research findings on the role of IP for sustainability based on empirical evidence from secondary data and interviews with green innovation-oriented companies. Second, to disseminate our growing portfolio of research activities around the theme of IP and sustainability within the Innovation and Intellectual Property Management (IIPM) research lab at the Univesity of Cambridge. The session included three keynote presentations, six postgraduate and early career researcher presentations, and over 200 attendees including professors, undergraduate, postgraduate, early career researchers, and others. The talk was well received with one of the participants commented on the topic as 'Super interesting!' and the talk stimulated subsequent discussions around quantifying the value of collaboration, and competition, and sustainability initiatives in India. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WppDcnYoU7M |
| Description | Responsible Intellectual Property Strategies: Insights from Case Studies of Sustainable Companies |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Oral presentation at the R&D Management 2021 conference - dissemination of the research findings, obtaining feedback, facilitating research conversations, and networking with the IP and R&D management research community. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Sharing methodology - an intellectual property (IP) perspective |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Pratheeba Vimalnath from the IPACST project gave a lightening talk on the topic "Sharing methodology - an intellectual property (IP) perspective", to the research data management community at the University of Cambridge where she serves as one of the Research Data Champions. In this forum, she presented the IP typology model along with case examples from the IPACST project, and discussed 'purpose' and 'implications' of sharing as key considerations while deciding what, when, whom and how to share methodologies. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Themed session on "INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY FOR SUSTAINABILITY TRANSITIONS" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A themed session organized by Frank Tietze, Anjula Gurtoo & Pratheeba Vimalnath from the IPACST project, as a part of the EPIP 2021 conference. The session attracted papers on the topic of IP and green innovation/sustainability and facilitated research conversations, sharing of research findings, and feedback. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Training on 'Intellectual Property Management' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | The purpose is to train a selected number of executives about IP management. Selected IPACST outcomes including the IP model typology and one of the IPACST case studies are included as a part of this training program involving about 10 participants. The session sparked questions and discussions about different IP model types and their relevance for sustainability. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Training program on ''A Strategic View on Intellectual Property Management' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | The purpose is to train a selected number of executive students about the strategic view of IP management. Selected IPACST outcomes including the IP model typology and one of the IPACST case studies are included as a part of this training. Frank Tietze and Pratheeba Vimalnath from the IPACST project were involved in delivering the training. The session sparked questions and discussions about strategic IP thinking. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Webinar presentation on 'Intellectual Property Strategies and Sustainability Transition: Role of University-Industry technology transfer' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | A joint presentation in the topic of 'Intellectual Property Strategies and Sustainability Transition: Role of University-Industry technology transfer' by the IPACST post-doctoral researchers, Dr Akriti Jain (Indian Institute of Science, India) and Dr Pratheeba Vimalnath (University of Cambridge, UK), as a part of the Three Days International Webinar On Industry Academia Innovation Organized by IQAS in collaboration with World Bank-MPHEQIP. About 40 people including students, professors, researchers, and industry professionals attended the live session and the video recording reached about 560 views and growing. Two case studies from the IPACST project and the related findings on the role of university-industry interaction and IP for sustainability transition were presented. The session sparked questions and discussions around the patenting activity and investment for start-ups; shift in IP strategy (e.g., licensing activity) and timing of technology development; role of institutional set-ups, firm size, IP regimes, and developed versus developing country differences around IP and sustainability transition. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zzn1lBtdmmg |
| Description | Workshop on 'Strategic use of intellectual property to increase sustainability impact' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | The workshop was organized as a part of the Responsible Innovation Summit 2021, jointly by the IPACST team including Elisabeth Eppinger (HTW Berlin-University of Applied Sciences for Technology and Economics Berlin), Martina Kovac (Freie Universität Berlin), Pratheeba Vimalnath (University of Cambridge), and Christian Siemen (HTW Berlin) The workshop put into use the business toolkit developed based on the IPACST project findings informing which key intellectual property assets support the sustainability mission and business model of a firm today and in the future. The workshop aimed to assess the following topics using templates and examples based on the project results of the research project IPACST: How can you utilize your intellectual property assets to increase your sustainability impact? How can you measure the contribution of intellectual property assets to sustainability impact? |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://responsibleinnovation-summit.com/agenda |
| Description | Workshop: IPACST in collaboration with Solar Impulse Foundation (SIF) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | The workshop started with an introduction to the IPACST project followed by four breakout sessions dedicated to discussing the IP strategies for sustainability transition and associated challenges. Participants included clean technology companies with Efficient Solution Label, covering start-ups, SMEs, and large entities. The workshop offered mutual benefits to the participants and the IPACST team. The participating companies benefited from each other through the discussions facilitated around IP strategies for clean technologies covering topics like choice of IP asset types and protection mechanisms (e.g., patents, trade secrets), IP related costs, and IP sharing mechanisms and tools. The IPACST team to gain first-hand insights from the clean technology companies about their IP strategies. Post-workshop, the IPACST team (University of Cambridge) engaged with one of the participant companies to conduct an in-depth case study involving interactive sessions assisting the company to diagnose and reflect on its evolution and alignment of its IP strategy, business model, and sustainability impact. Interested IPACST Team members continue supporting the SIF as expert members. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://ip4sustainability.org/2020/11/13/ipacst-solar-impulse-foundation-workshop/ |