Winnotek’s work published by LESI (Licensing Executives Society International), as part of the EPO collective work on SMEs

Winnotek is the French consulting entity selected by the European Patent Office (EPO) to participate in a collaborative project running from September 2016 to June 2017: a teaching compilation designed by the EPO for the benefit of European startups and SME’s. This book, published by the EPO on epo.org/sme in September 2017, compiles fifteen case studies…

Winnotek moderates a session at the 7th JNAI – Bpifrance on October 5, 2017

Pierre Ollivier was facilitator of roundtable n° 1 :  « Wealth of intangible assets revealed by the digital economy. » at the 7th National Intangible Assets Day (Journée Nationale des Actifs Immatériels or JNAI in French) organized by Observatoire de l’Immatériel on 5 October 2017 in the offices of  Bpifrance (6/8, bvd Haussmann, Paris). The roundtable guests included…

Winnotek cowrites EPO case studies on European SMEs’ IP strategies

Thanks to their expertise in Intellectual Property issues, Winnotek partners were joint authors of the “White Book”  « SME case studies »  published by the EPO  (European Patent Office). In close collaboration with IP experts selected in several European countries, the EPO built up a series of case studies analyzing European SMEs particularly successful in creating value…

Winnotek partners become « EuKTS EXPERT » certified practitioners

Pierre Ollivier and Philippe Simon each earned a EuKTS certification at the EXPERT level (the highest of three certified levels). Following examination by an international jury, both Winnotek partners were recognized for the density, quality and relevance of their professional expertise in the disciplines of technology transfer and knowledge management (KTT, « Knowledge Technology Transfer »). EuKTS…

Winnotek chairs a session at the P2I-2017 conférence in Strasbourg on October 12, 2017

Each year, association 3AF (Association Aéronautique et Astronautique de France) organizes in the Fall a national conference, alternatively dedicated to Strategic and Economic Intelligence  (IES, even-numbered years) and to Intellectual and Industrial Property (P2I, odd-numbered years).  The « P2I 2017 » event took place in Strasbourg on 11 and 12 October 2017. Philippe SIMON, Partner at Winnotek,…

Winnotek continues its collaboration with INPI for its 2017 Master Class PI cycle

Winnotek reinforced in 2017 its collaboration with INPI (National Institute of Intellectual Property) initiated in 2015. It offers SMEs sponsored by the Institute 1/2 day “Master Classes” dedicated to intellectual property issues representing strategic challenges and stakes for the companies. In this framework Philippe Simon, Partner at Winnotek, delivered on 20 July 2017 in a…

Winnotek designs and teaches IEEPI course « IP audit and porfolio due diligence »

On 4 April 2017, Philippe SIMON taught in Paris a course entitled « Audit P.I. et due diligence de portefeuille » (“IP audit and due diligence on patent portfolios”). This course is offered twice yearly by Institut Européen d’Entreprise et de Propriété Intellectuelle (IEEPI) based in Illkirch (67) near Strasbourg. Winnotek has been teaching this…

WINNOTEK editor of Intellectual Property overview in bimonthly “Revue des Ingénieurs des Mines”

The bimonthly “Revue des Ingénieurs” serves all alumni from 3 French national Ecoles des Mines (Paris, St Etienne, Nancy). Each issue features an overivew of a specific sector, technology, market, or managerial theme. The March/April issue focuses on Intellectual Property: contributions to the overview come from French National patent office (INPI) , several patent counsel…

Winnotek analyses the impact of the Unified European Patent on SME’s, on behalf of the European Patent Office (EPO)

Winnotek is mandated by the EPO (European Patent Office) to study the impact  of the upcoming Unified European Patent on intellectual proprerty strategies adopted by SME’s.  Indeed this segment of economic activity is identified as a priority beneficiary of this new Intellectual Property legislation; the EPO wishes to better capture and understand their motivations and…

Pierre Ollivier is joint author of “LA REPUBLIQUE DES ENTREPRENEURS” published by fondapol.org

“LA REPUBLIQUE DES ENTREPRENEURS” is a white paper published by the Foundation for Innovation in Politics. Its starting point is the observation that innovation in France exhibits a severe lack of collective vision. Experts seem poorly equipped to understand major transformations now under way. Any analysis compels them to revisit microeconomic mechanisms underlying these transformations,…