Here you find interviews with successful entrepreneurs: Within different business areas, they all work strategically with intellectual property such as trademark, copyright, patent and design protection. Get inspired!
We also address issues of intellectual property strategy, corporate secrets and piracy as they are important aspects of the company's management of its intellectual property. The interviews are listed in alphabetical order by company name.
"Do not start environmental technology on a small scale, but prove the technology and then bring in capital for mass production directly," firmly believes Joakim Byström. He is the founder and CEO of Absolicon in Härnösand, which has patented robotic production lines that make the world's most efficient solar collectors.
The brand CashewMeetly is a plant-based, nutritious alternative to meat containing just one ingredient: organic cashew apple. CashewMeetly is a food innovation that helps reduce climate impact by utilising the fruit otherwise discarded after harvesting cashew nuts.
Minesto is an innovative Swedish company that extracts energy from tidal currents. The technology is unique as it allows for energy production even in slow ocean currents where other technologies cannot operate effectively. The solution is based on an underwater kite that, propelled by the lift from the ocean current, flies in a figure-eight pattern.
In a new stride towards sustainability, Maersk and Siemens Energy have jointly established the ESG Smart Pool (November 2023), aiming to expedite the adoption of green technologies. The pool offers swift and cost-effective patent licensing for technologies within ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance).
The Swedish solar cell company Exeger has patented a solar cell film that can cover objects to charge them. A solid plan for the intangible assets from the start has been a prerequisite for global expansion.
The dream of electric aircraft is closer than we might think, at least within regional aviation. The technology already exists, and patents on how it should be integrated are underway. Swedish company Heart Aerospace is on the runway to deliver the first planes by 2028. Considering the company was founded in 2018, it’s fair to say they are soaring ahead.
Two years ago, Elias Bülow and William Bergmark started up Hemsol. With the help of PRV’s test for entrepreneurs Genomlysningen, they found out what intangible assets their company has.
The BODYPUMP workout is celebrating its hundredth programme in many clubs around the world. Behind the venture is Les Mills, a global company within the health sector. In an international market, they offer gym and training clubs a total concept with group training which includes qualitycertified training programmes and comprehensive marketing and business support.
Put together a surgeon with a professor of physics and maths... add a textiles researcher... and give them an unsolved problem in wound healing. The result is Lundatex, a patented bandage technology that always provides the correct pressure.
The wind power of the future will require installations higher than what is currently possible. Leading the development is Modvion, a Swedish company whose patents for modular wooden towers are tailored for the next generation of wind turbines. They recently inaugurated the world’s tallest wind turbine equipped with a wooden tower outside Skara in Västra Götaland.
