Sebastian Goebel to speak at the VIPS/VESPA Autumn Seminar 2026 in Basel
AI has arrived in IP practice. The question is no longer whether we use it, but where it holds up in daily work and where it does not.
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White paper: confidentiality in collaborations – more than just an NDA
Bernd Bösherz has published a white paper on confidentiality agreements in innovation collaborations. It is available free of charge on the knowledge platform dIPlex.
MIPLM dinner speech: IP preparation as a success factor for partnerships
Bernd Bösherz gave a dinner speech at the CEIPI–EPO Master Programme in IP Law and Management on “Before the Dance Begins: Why IP Preparation Determines the Success of Partnerships”.
Patent Portfolio Management, 2nd Edition
Sebastian Goebel has contributed to the second edition of “Patent Portfolio Management: A Practical Guide in the Age of Artificial Intelligence”, published by Edward Elgar Publishing in December 2025.
Article in GRUR Patent on artificial intelligence in the patent system
The December issue of GRUR Patent (12/2025) carries an article by our founding partner Sebastian Goebel on the role of artificial intelligence in patent practice.
Talk at PatentFORUM 2025: AI in patent practice
Sebastian Goebel spoke at PatentFORUM 2025 in Munich on the current state and the future of artificial intelligence in patent practice. The focus was a sober assessment: what already works, and where are the limits?
OpenAI and GEMA
If you want to use song lyrics by German musicians to train a language model, it would probably be wise to obtain a GEMA licence. That is the implication of the Munich Regional Court ruling from 11 November 2025 – a significant setback for operators of generative AI.
IAM Strategy 2025
We are delighted that our founding partner Sebastian Goebel has been recognised in the current edition of IAM Strategy 300: The World’s Leading IP Strategists 2025.
Talk at the BDPA autumn seminar 2025
In the pre-programme of this year’s autumn seminar of the Bundesverband Deutscher Patentanwälte (BDPA), patent attorney Sebastian Goebel presents “Generative KI für Patentanwältinnen und Patentanwälte: das Sprachmodell als Schreibassistent”.
Decision G 1/23
With G 1/23 the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the EPO has settled an important question: publicly available products form part of the state of the art even where they could not be fully analysed or reproduced.
IP Business Talk with Sebastian Goebel
In the IP Business Talk of the IP Business Academy, our co-founder Sebastian Goebel discusses how artificial intelligence is transforming modern patent advice.
Decision on the role of AI in appeal proceedings
To what extent can AI such as ChatGPT be used for questions on the interpretation of features or inventive step?
IP Business Talk with Bernd Bösherz
In the current IP Business Talk, our founding partner Bernd Bösherz and Prof. Dr. Alexander J. Wurzer discuss why patents are not an end in themselves, and why commercial thinking is today one of the core competences of modern IP advice.
Talk at World IP Day
On Friday, 11 April 2025, from 11:00 to 12:45, the online event “IP-Schutz in einer digitalen Welt – Softwarepatente, KI & Urheberrecht” takes place. Our founding partner Sebastian Goebel will give a talk on the patentability of software and AI innovations.
Renewed recognition by WirtschaftsWoche
We are pleased about this year’s renewed recognition by WirtschaftsWoche.