IP Fridays - your intellectual property podcast about trademarks, patents, designs and much more

Rolf Claessen and Ken Suzan

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intellectual property including trademarks, patents and desgins – the latest news, useful tools

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IP Fridays makes intellectual property legible as corporate strategy, litigation management and regulatory work through detailed practitioner interviews.

IP Fridays treats intellectual property as an operating problem, following legal rules into corporate strategy, litigation budgets and day-to-day management. The interview format gives practitioners room to explain how those systems work in practice.

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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

A practical trademark update that treats evidence, packaging, and enforcement as business decisions.

IP Fridays episode 166 is a measured legal update built around UK trademark case law, with Joshua Cunnington of Stevenson Harwood joining Ken Suzanne for a close look at post-sale confusion.

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

IP value, damages, and strategy, handled in practical terms.

Episode 170 keeps its focus on a practical problem: how intellectual property gets valued, and why that value matters once infringement turns into damages.

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

A practical look at how Bob Ross rights become an active IP management problem as fandom widens.

Joan Kowalski's conversation with Ken Suzanne centers on how Bob Ross Incorporated protects and enforces the rights tied to Bob Ross. It follows the Bob Ross resurgence after a Twitch TV Creative marathon and shows how that renewed attention quickly turns into more products,…

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

A practical patent-marking discussion with real business consequences.

Episode 155 of IP Fridays keeps its focus on patent marking and damages in patent infringement lawsuits, while also tracing how Tina Doerr and Loretta Freeman of Barnes & Thornburg came into patent work.

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

A practical look at trademark pressure, procedure, and the tradeoffs between court and office handling.

Rising filings and bad-faith trademark applications frame the episode, with Eva Shevior describing how the German Patent and Trademark Office is reorganizing its trademark department, training examiners, and working to keep proceedings from dragging as application volumes keep…

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

Brand rules, AI tools, and counterfeit enforcement are tied to day-to-day legal work.

The episode stays close to the daily grind of brand restrictions, with a clear focus on trademark rules, global monitoring, AI tools, and the fight against counterfeit goods.

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

A focused look at European patent policy and how it works in practice.

Episode 161 keeps its focus on Antonio Campinos and treats the European patent system as a working set of rules, not a theory exercise. It moves through the Draghi Report, patent quality, the Unified Patent Court, AI, and validation outside Europe, with the unitary request and…

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

AI, ownership, ethics, and creative workflow stay tightly linked throughout the episode.

The episode treats AI less as a flashy novelty and more as a practical shift in how creative work gets done. It ties generative systems to ownership, chain of title, ethics, and the risk of displacing human workers, while also showing how lower production and marketing costs let…

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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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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 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

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

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