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Articles and analyses on IPGATE's portfolio, the inventor team behind it, FRAND-inspired licensing models, and integrated braking system technology.
Voices of IPGATE
Jonas Block, drawing on years of patent litigation, explains why a license to practice a patent is not the same as the ability to build the product. He makes the case for licensing programs that bundle patents with the engineering know-how, software, and reference implementations needed to actually put them to work.
2026-07-11
Voices of IPGATE
Dr. Thomas Leiber and guest Chetan Maini discuss how a small, well-drafted patent portfolio now lets founders in Bangalore or Munich meet the giants as equals. They explore what AI changes about protecting know-how, why MECE claim drafting matters, and why a patent left unused is innovation lost.
2026-05-31
Voices of IPGATE
Dr. Thomas Leiber and guest Chetan Maini argue that the best partner is rarely the biggest one. They unpack Maini's solution licensing model, why fairness in a partnership begins with empathy on both sides, and how speed itself is part of keeping a collaboration fair.
2026-05-31
News
Following a successful first engagement with Chinese industry stakeholders in March 2026, IPGATE AG formally launches its China Licensing Program. Chinese OEMs and Tier-1 suppliers gain access to structured, FRAND-inspired licensing terms with full transparency, draft agreements upfront, dual domestic/export rates, and active technology partnership.
2026-05-13
Voices of IPGATE
Klaus Meder draws on nearly four decades at Robert Bosch — including seven years leading Bosch Japan — to explain why profitability and lasting partnerships are not competing priorities, and how trust is built through shared challenges rather than smooth sailing.
2026-05-12
Voices of IPGATE
Robert Schnekenbühl, with 30 years of IP licensing experience across Asia and Europe, explains why the best IP lawyers think like partnership architects — structuring royalties, flexibility, and FRAND principles into agreements that generate lasting value rather than short-term extraction.
2026-03-26
Inventor's Spotlight
How the brake-by-wire One-Box system — now present in one of every three cars globally — emerged through the collaboration of Heinz Leiber, Dr. Anton van Zanten, Dr. Thomas Leiber, LSP, and Continental AG, overcoming skepticism and technical challenges to set a new industry standard.
2025-06-26
Voices of IPGATE
Dr. Thomas Leiber and Dr. Hans-Jörg Feigel examine why large companies with every resource still struggle to innovate. They cover funding innovation before the crisis hits, rewarding the pioneers who carry the risk, and building the autonomous company within a company that keeps a large firm moving at startup speed.
2025-05-31
Voices of IPGATE
Dr. Thomas Leiber and Dr. Hans-Jörg Feigel ask whether patents still protect anyone in a globalized market. They weigh where enforcement actually holds, why AI drafts but humans still invent, how blockchain could make ownership transparent, and what trust and capital mean for the smaller innovator.
2025-05-31
Innovation
A comprehensive technical overview of Integrated Braking Systems (IBS) — the foundational brake-by-wire technology developed by IPGATE AG and LSP between 2005 and 2009, covering PPC control, highly dynamic EC motors, AEB, regenerative braking blending, and fail-safe architecture.
2025-03-21
Licensing
A precedent-setting decision in IPGATE's favor on the enforceability of integrated-braking-system patent claims.
2025-02-19
Inventor's Spotlight
Dr. Thomas Leiber shares the mindset, strategy, and hard-won lessons behind filing nearly 500 patents — from reading existing IP as creative inspiration, to the strategic game of claim drafting, to the global promotional tour that landed IPGATE's first major licensing deals.
2024-08-20