It makes IP experts visible, trusted and relevant to companies, innovators and decision-makers who need strategic IP guidance.
IPBAConnect
The platform that connects IP expertise with market demand.
What is IPBA Connect?
It is a platform that turns IP expertise into visibility, trust and market relevance.
IP experts have in-depth knowledge. IPBA Connect transforms this expertise into a format that companies, innovators, and institutions can understand and trust. Within the IP Business Academy ecosystem — comprising dIPlex, the Resource Hub, the IP Management👉 Strategic and operative handling of IP to maximize value. Voice podcast, the IP Management Letter, and the IP Management Glossary — expertise is at the heart of real IP-related decision-making.
Expertise
IP experts share their knowledge, experience and insights on the practical challenges of business and innovation👉 Practical application of new ideas to create value..
Translation
IPBA Connect makes this expertise accessible in a variety of formats, such as articles, interviews, glossary entries, podcasts, case studies, educational resources and decision-oriented content.
Connection
The platform connects companies, innovators, institutions and decision-makers in need of practical IP guidance with this expertise.
Who is IPBA Connect for?
It is for people with IP expertise, as well as those who need it to make better decisions about innovation, business and strategy.
IP Experts
IPBA Connect helps patent👉 A legal right granting exclusive control over an invention for a limited time. attorneys, IP consultants, in-house experts, and other IP professionals to transform their knowledge into clear, understandable, and market-relevant communications.
Companies
Access practical IP guidance for real business decisions. IPBA Connect helps companies and innovation teams understand emerging challenges and connect with relevant experts.
Institutions
IPBA Connect can be used by universities, public institutions, associations, accelerators and innovation ecosystems as an infrastructure for IP awareness and knowledge transfer.
IPBA Connect Ecosystem
A connected platform of channels, formats and knowledge assets that makes IP expertise visible where innovation and business decisions are made.
IPBA Connect unites expert content, public discussion, digital knowledge assets and community formats. Each channel plays a specific role: some create visibility, some build trust, some make knowledge searchable and some support dialogue with companies, innovators and institutions. Together, they form an infrastructure that turns IP expertise into market relevance.
dIPlex
A digital IP lexicon and knowledge hub with structured articles, glossary entries and expert insights to help users navigate intellectual property👉 Creations of the mind protected by legal rights. and IP management.
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How IPBA Connect creates value
Turning individual IP expertise into visible, trusted and market-relevant knowledge.
Focus
We clarify where expertise meets real-world market relevance.
Translate
We make IP expertise understandable, accessible and useful.
Connect
We create visibility, trust and meaningful exchanges.
The academic foundation behind IPBA Connect
It is built on IP management research, executive education, industry insights, and practical experience across the European IP ecosystem.
Alexander Wurzer is Professor of IP Management at CEIPI at the University of Strasbourg, the European Centre for Intellectual Property Education and Studies. He developed the first University diploma program in IP Management with the EPO at CEIPI and is Director of the program. Professor Wurzer is passionate about innovation in the digital age. He is Chairman for eLearning of the European Patent Office’s HTB initiative and heads the DIN working group for quality standards in IP management (DIN77006). He actively shapes the global discussion on intellectual property in digital transformation👉 Using digital technology to redesign processes, culture, and value creation now. and intellectual asset management.
Prof. Dr. Wurzer is the organiser of the CTO Forum, which has been awarding the Rudolf-Diesel-Medal, Germany’s first general innovation prize, since 1953. He works with companies with the aim of “securing your digital vision”: www.forum-dieselmedaille.de
Alexander is the author of more than 200 publications, including numerous books on the commercial exploitation of intellectual property and the IP design👉 IP design is the strategic creation of IP portfolios aligned with business goals. method, which he has significantly developed. He has also published many case studies of successful IP management and IP design in industry.
He runs his own blog: www.ipbusinessacademy.org