All Episodes

Interview with Deborah A. Hampton – President of the International Trademark Association – 2026 INTA Annual Meeting – Anti Counterfeiting – Presidential Task Force for Unifying IP Protection & Enforcement Strategy – IP Fridays Podcast – Episode 173

AI is Becoming the World’s Most Powerful Creative Tool—But Who Owns What It Creates? – Interview with Co-Founder & CEO of Inception Point AI, Jeanine Wright, and Mark Stignani, who is Partner & Chair of Analytics Practice at Barnes & Thornburg LLP – IP Fridays Podcast – Episode 172

Interview with Eva Schewior, President of the German Patent and Trademark Office – Rising Filing Numbers and How to Deal With Them – AI For Patent Examiners – Bad Faith Trademark Applications – Career at the DPMA – Episode 171 – IP Fridays

Valuation of Intellectual Property Rights – Damages in Infringement Cases – Interview with Brian Buss – Happy Holidays! – IP Fridays – Episode 170

The Current State of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) – Interview With Prof. Aloys Hüttermann – Comparison With the US and China – Strategies for Plaintiffs and Defendants – Learnings From Key Cases – Cross – Border Litigation With the UPC – Top Mistakes of Plaintiffs and Defendants at the UPC – IP Fridays – Episode 169

Interview With Wole Araromi About the Registration and Enforcement of Trademarks in Nigeria – the Future of the PTAB in the US – UPC Anti-Interim-License Injunction – Personal Liability on Patent Infringement Cases – Episode 168 – IP Fridays

Interview With Prof. Karsten Lemmer – German Aerospace Center DLR – Licensing, Startups and IP Strategy For a Large Research Institution in Germany – IP Fridays – Episode 167

Update UK Trademark Caselaw – Doctrine of Postsale Confusion – Interview With Joshua Cunnington – Lutnick Suggests 5% Patent-Value Fee – UPC Court of Appeal Does Not Endorse Referral to the CJEU – IP Fridays Podcast – Episode 166

Interview With J. Christian Wichard, Deputy Director General at the German Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection in Germany – History of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) – Important Changes in IP Law in Europe – the EU IP Reform Package – Copyright and AI – Remuneration of Creators in the Platform Economy – IP Fridays Podcast – Episode 165

AI Tools For IP Lawyers – Cost Savings – Real World Examples – Human Oversight – Interview With Arthur Rothrock and Nicholas Sarokhanian – EPO Enlarged Board of Appeal Decision G1/24 Regarding Patent Claims – USPTO Discontinuing Accelerated Examination For Utility Patents – Octoberfest Decision of the European Court of Justice – IP Fridays – Episode 164

Interview with Lucy Wojcik, Chief Intellectual Property Counsel at OCADO GROUP – Cross-Border Patent Litigation – In-House Organization of IP Teams – Agile IP – IP Fridays Podcast – Episode 163

Bequeathing Bitcoin – What Happens to Bitcoin After Death – Interview With Debbie Hoffman and Anna Mouland – UPC Decisions About Anti-Anti-Suit Injunctions – Podcast IP Fridays – Episode 162

Interview With António Campinos, President of the European Patent Office – Draghi Report – Unified Patent Court – Patent Quality – Challenges – IP Fridays Podcast – Episode 161

Interview with James E. Malackowski, the Founder of Ocean Tomo – Patent Auctions, Managing Patent Portfolios, Blockchain in the Field of IP, the Market For Data Rights – IP Fridays – Episode 160

Update on IP Laws in Argentina – Interview With Ricardo E. Amigo – the Patagonia Issue – Changes in the Opposition Procedure – Publication of the Book “Marken. Recht. Einfach.” – Happy Holidays! – Episode 159 – IP Fridays Podcast

Key Insights on IP Management – Interview with Prof. Dr. Martin Bader – Black Friday Trademarks – Trump Guitars vs. Gibson Les Paul – IP Fridays – Episode 158

Interview With Joan Kowalski, President of Bob Ross, Inc. – Protection and Enforcement of the Rights of the Famous Painter Bob Ross . Podcast Episode 157 – IP Fridays

Interview With Myrtha Hurtado Rivas – General Counsel Brands and Marketing Properties, Anti-Counterfeiting & Licensing at Nestlé – Brand Restrictions, AI Tools Like NES GPT, Fight Against Counterfeit Goods – IP Fridays – Episode 156

Virtual Patent Marking – Patent Damages – Interview with Tina Dorr and Loretta Freeman – Amazon Patent Evaluation Express (APEX) Program – IP Fridays – Episode 155

The STOPfakes Program of the International Trade Administration (ITA) – Interview With Michelle Sara King – Helping Businesses and Consumers to Deal With Fakes – Episode 154 – IP Fridays

Experience With US Customs (CBP) – E-Commerce and the De Minimis Rule For Counterfeit Goods – MOU With US Chamber – Interview With Angelo Mazza – IP Fridays – Episode 153

Interview With João Negrão – Executive Director of the EUIPO – New Patent Activities at the EUIPO – DesignEuropa Award – EUIPO Strategic Plan – Mediation Center – Short Report From the INTA Annual Meeting in Atlanta – IP Fridays – Episode 152

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Changes for Patents and Trademarks in Taiwan – Interview With George J.H. Huang, Sandy Huang and Zoe Kwong – 10th Anniversary of IP Fridays – Meet Us in Atlanta – Episode 151 – IP Fridays

Interview with Vice President and Head of Global Litigation and Disputes at Nokia Clemens Heusch – Patent Battle Nokia vs. Oppo – Unified Patent Court – Standard Essential Patents at the EUIPO – Episode 150 – IP Fridays

Challenges Enforcing Trademarks Online and Cybersquatting – Interview with Celeste Butera – UPC Caseload – USPTO AI Guidance – IP Fridays – Episode 149

Interview With the Very Busy UPC Judge András Kupecz – Get the Perspective of a Judge at the Unified Patent Court – EU Lawmakers Vote for Rules Setting Up a Body at the EUIPO To Set SEP Royalty Rates – IP Fridays – Episode 148

Interview With Steven Adkins – Using the ITC to Your Advantage – Section 337 Investigations – UPC Statistics – Episode 147 – IP Fridays

Interview With Mark Vallone – Chief Patent Counsel Americas of IBM – Patent Strategy – UPC – AI as an Inventor – Lessons Learned – Challenges – IP Fridays Podcast – Episode 146

Interview With Jeff Kichaven About Mediation in Intellectual Property – Trademarks YEWS of Kanye West – Decisions G1/22 and G2/22 of the EBA of the EPO – Trademarks for Virtual Goods Shot Down by the EUIPO – IP Fridays – Episode 145

Interview With Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office Kathi Vidal – Challenges in the IP World – IP Fridays – Episode 144

Interview with Former USPTO Director David Kappos – Patent Eligibility – Addressing Arguments of Patent Critics – The EUIPO Moving Into Patents – Episode 143 – IP Fridays

Interview with Michael Atleson of the FTC About Potential Online Harms Using AI and by Misleading Online Activities – Patent Quality at the EPO – Statistics of the UPC – Episode 142 – Podcast IP Fridays

Interview with Klaus Grabinski – President of the Court of Appeal of the Unified Patent Court System – Episode 141 – Podcast IP Fridays

NFT Trademarks – AI Logo Search – Interview with Matthew Rubin – IP Fridays – Episode 140

Interview With INTA President Jomarie B. Fredericks – INTA Annual Meeting in Singapore – INTA Goals and Projects This Year – IP Fridays – Episode 139

Interview with Gabriele Mohsler – VP Patent Development at Ericsson – Industry Patent Quality Charter – Unified Patent Court – Protecting AI Inventions – Patent Pools – SEPs – IP Fridays – Episode 138

A Conversation with Daniel A. Scola, Jr. About Practical Trademark Tips and Strategies – Ken and Rolf Attending the INTA Annual Meeting Meet Us There – IP Fridays – Episode 137

Interview with Ralf Uhrich – Senior Patent Litigation Counsel of Google Overseeing All Patent Litigation for Google in Europe – USPTO Trademark Rules Update with Stacey Kalamaras – IP Fridays – Episode 136

Virtual Patent Marking – Interview With Jim Gastle and Grant Peters – UPC Updates – Episode 135 – IP Fridays

Industry Patent Quality Charter – Interview with Beat Weibel of Siemens – Unified Patent Court Updates – IP Fridays – Episode 134

Interview with Philipp von Kapff – Member of the Boards of Appeal at the EUIPO – Evergreening of Trademarks – Metaverse Trademarks – Scope of an Appeal – Mediation – IP Fridays – Episode 133

Expert Interview on Damages and Royalties with Juli Saitz – EUIPO Initiative Ideas Powered for Business – Episode 132 of IP Fridays

The Metaverse and Intellectual Property – Interview with Grant Peters – IP Fridays – Episode 131

Biopirate or Inventor? Interview about the Nagoya Protocol – Implications for Enforcement of Patents and Patentability – Interview with Patent Judge Hubertus Schacht – Episode 130 – IP Fridays

SPCs for Crop Protection Products – Interview with Filip De Corte – SPCs and the UPC – EPO New Unitary Patent Guide – IP Fridays – Episode 129

The Unified Patent Court Will Open Doors – Everything You Need to Know – Interview with Aloys Hüttermann – IP Issues in Russia – IP Fridays – Episode 128

Sound Trademarks – Interview with Jason Blair – China Clash Over Patent Licenses – AI Not Copyright Author – Episode 127 – IP Fridays

Interview with Beat Weibel – Chief IP Counsel Siemens – Patent Quality – Patent Trolls – Unified Patent Court – Episode 126 – IP Fridays Podcast

All the Music Project – Copyright Claims – Interview with Damien Riehl – Holiday Edition of IP Fridays – Episode 125

New Standard for IP Management DIN 77006 – Interview with Wolfgang Berres – UPC Ratification – Multiple Designs with Hague System – Episode 124 – IP Fridays

Waiving COVID Patents – Interview with Ulrich Storz – G1/21 of the EBoA at the EPO – New USPTO Director – Episode 123 – IP Fridays

Patents as a Financial Tool for Businesses – Interview with Russ Krajec – UPC is Finally Coming (yes really!) – Episode 122 – IP Fridays

NFTs – Non-Fungible Tokens and IP – Interview with David Johnson – EUIPO Soundmarks – IP Fridays – Episode 121

Patentability of AI and Simulations in Europe – G1/19 – Interview with Bastian Best – Episode 120 – IP Fridays

Rise of Mass Trademark Filers and Register Clutter – Interview with Matthew D. Asbell – Episode 119 – IP Fridays

AI Based Prior Art Search – Open Source Project PQAI – Interview with Sam Zellner – IP Fridays – Episode 118

Interview with Lesley Fair – Senior Attorney with the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection – Broadband Benefit Program – Episode 117 – IP Fridays

Interview with Christian Reinders – Chief IP Counsel of Dräxlmaier – Information about Counterfeit Goods – EPO Videoconferencing – Episode 116 – IP Fridays

How to Use Big Data in IP Law – Top 10 Fears of GCs – Interview with Mark Stignani – Episode 115 – IP Fridays

Interview With Tim Moss – CEO of the UKIPO – All About BREXIT – IP Fridays Episode 114

Interview with INTA President Ayala Deutsch – the INTA Annual Meeting – EPO Videoconferences in Opposition Proceedings – IP Fridays – Episode 113

Anti-Counterfeiting and Piracy During the COVID-19-Crisis – Interview with Michael LeMieux of the ICC BASCAP – Invalidity and Revocation of German Trademarks – Episode 112 – IP Fridays

International Trademark Filing – Interview with Stacey Kalamaras – UPC System on Hold – The Shop Safe Act 2020 – IP Fridays – Episode 111

FBI Activities in Intellectual Property – Interview with FBI’s Intellectual Property Rights Unit – EU Copyright – BREXIT – Episode 110 – IP Fridays

BREXIT – Interview with Tim Moss – AI as the inventor? – Episode 109 – IP Fridays

BREXIT and IP – Interview with Tom Farrand – Copyright Reform in the US – Episode 108 – IP Fridays

Certification Marks and Geographical Indicators – Interview with Patrick Kole – UPC Coming 2021? – USPTO PatentsView and Eligibility – IP Fridays – Episode 107

Anti-Counterfeiting, AI, China, India – Interview with INTA CEO Etienne Sanz de Acedo – INTA Annual Meeting 2020 – IP Fridays – Episode 106

Business Development For IP Lawyers – Interview with Ray Moser and Doris Spielthenner – IP Fridays – Episode 105

Customs and Border Enforcement of Trademarks – Interview with Timothy Trainer – IP Fridays – Episode 104

Patent Eligibility Reform in the US – Interview with Gene Quinn – New G-Decision and New Rules for the Boards of Appeal at the EPO – IP Fridays – Episode 103

Current State of Patent Trolls – Interview with Cameron Tousi – License in Bankruptcy – IP Fridays Episode 102

Stanford Non-Practicing Entity (NPE) Litigation Database – Interview with Shawn Miller – Canada Joins Madrid System – IP Fridays – Episode 101

Interview with Jay P. Kennedy – A-CAPP – Anti-Counterfeiting – Ecommerce Law in India – Episode 100 – IP Fridays

Creating Value With Patents – Interview With Shmuel Silverman – BREXIT – IP Newsflash – New Patent Guidelines DPMA – Episode 99 – IP Fridays

Trade Secret Theft – Interview with Michael LeMieux – New eCommerce Law in China Against IP Theft – IP Fridays – Episode 98

Trends in Innovation and Patent Management – US Government Shutdown Affecting the USPTO – Interview with Holger Ernst – Episode 97 – IP Fridays

Changes in IP in Canada – Interview with Susannah Rolston – IP Fridays – Episode 96

Patent Landscape in China – Influence of the Government – Interview with Thomas Pattloch – IP Fridays – Episode 95

Blockchain Meets Intellectual Property – Interview with Michael Palage – IP Fridays – Episode 94

BREXIT – Implications for Patents, Trademarks and Designs – News – Episode 093 – IP Fridays

Patent Enforcement Companies – Interview With Daniel Papst – UPC Update – Is There a Trademark Troll? – IPRs Constitutional? – IP Fridays – Episode 92

Patent Pools – Interview with Larry Horn – UK Close to UPC Ratification – EPO Guidelines – Episode 91 – IP Fridays

Review of US Trademark Caselaw – Interview with Ted Davis – EPO DOCX Document Filing – UPC Update – US Online File Within Patentscope – IP Fridays – Episode 90

How to Search for IP Rights – Interview with Gudrun Littmann-Hilmer – New Patent Litigation Strategy in the US – New EPO President – IP Fridays – Episode 89

EU General Data Protection Regulation – Interview with Heidi Fessler – WIPO Patent Translation Update – EUIPO Changes – IP Fridays – Episode 88

German Employees Inventions Act – Interview with Martin Quodbach – EU Brexit Wishes – Changes to the EUTM Procedure – IP Fridays – Episode 87

Emoji Law With Gabriella Ziccarelli – Is Google a Generic Term? – Unitary Patent Guide – Episode 86 – IP Fridays

Interview with Lanny Davis – Germany Joins DesignView – Ferrarri Loses Trademark Testarossa – IP Fridays – Episode 85

Interview with Scott Rothenberger – Patent Enablement, Indefiniteness, Written Description – USPTO Patent Eligible Subject Matter – European Inventor Award – IP Fridays – Episode 84

Brand Creation – Interview With Johannes Buzasi – McCartney Settles With Sony – EPO Quality Report – UK Ratifies UPC Agreement – IP Fridays – Episode 83

Image Based Trademark Search – Interview with Cameron Mitchell – Screetching Halt for UPC – FRAND License Fees Fixed – Slants Case Decided by US Supreme Court – IP Fridays – Episode 82

Interview with Franklin Graves – Youtube Law – Amazon Brand Registry – UPC Update – IP Fridays – Episode 81

Interview With Jason Karlov – Entertainment, Media & Sports Law – EUIPO Image Search and Data Service – UK Joins Hague Agreement – Episode 80 – IP Fridays

Insight Into Litigation Before the UPC – Interview With Dr. Christof Augenstein – Controversial Patents on Beer – Inventors Hall of Fame – Important Decision of the EPO – Episode 79 – IP Fridays

Interview with Jeannie Hill – SEO For Brand Owners – UPC Delayed – Important FCJ Decision Regarding Nullity Actions – 1000 Subscribers On YouTube Channel!!! – Episode 78 – IP Fridays

Interview with François Larose – New French Language Requirements in Canada For Trademark Owners – World IP Day Coming Up – Episode 77 – IP Fridays

Interview with Eileen Tottle – Head of the Secretariat of the Unified Patent Court – Trademark For Scent of Play-Doh – Episode 76 – IP Fridays

Interview with Mike Schuster about Marijuana Related Trademarks – UPC Updates – Madrid System Filing Statistics IP Fridays – Episode 75