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Insights on intellectual property protection, blockchain technology, and innovation documentation from the Bernstein team.

Bernstein Team

From first sketch to final collection: building evidence of your designs

What a French fashion dispute can teach designers about timestamping, confidential sharing and preserving their work.

October 21, 2026 12:58·7 min read·IP Insights
From first sketch to final collection: building evidence of your designs
Bernstein Team

No data, no deals: the evidence gap in IP finance

Why do lenders hesitate to accept IP as collateral? The EUIPO describes a vicious circle of missing data. Learn what lenders actually need to see, and how yo...

October 20, 2026 07:30·7 min read·IP Insights
No data, no deals: the evidence gap in IP finance
Bernstein Team

Your certificate is immutable. Your files are not.

How everyday tools can change certified files without an explicit save, and why preserving the exact original matters.

October 16, 2026 12:45·3 min read·IP Insights
Your certificate is immutable. Your files are not.
Bernstein Team

IP-backed finance and the disclosure paradox

The EUIPO's 2026 report puts 'make IP visible' first on the road to IP-backed finance. For trade secrets and know-how, visibility is the risk. How to disclos...

October 13, 2026 08:33·9 min read·IP Insights
IP-backed finance and the disclosure paradox
Paul Reboh

WIPO talks about Bernstein.io

The World Intellectual Property Organization – WIPO has just published a white-paper on Blockchain Technologies and IP ecosystems.

January 20, 2023 12:00·1 min read·IP Insights
WIPO talks about Bernstein.io
Marco Barulli

Data encryption and blockchain for unregistered IP rights

Lately, the World Intellectual Property Organization started paying more and more attention to unregistered IP rights, such as trade secrets, copyright, comm...

February 24, 2021 12:00·2 min read·IP Insights
Data encryption and blockchain for unregistered IP rights
Marco Barulli

Videogames, blockchain and IP

Francesco Liotta is an independent videogame developer that publishes his works under the label of CINIC Games, a company he founded in 2015. CINIC Games pro...

June 02, 2020 12:00·3 min read·IP Insights
Videogames, blockchain and IP
Paul Reboh

Leveraging technology to secure design rights in furniture

The first documentation of furniture was in the Neolithic period among the Orkney people of Scotland. They essentially made use of stones to create cupboards...

February 06, 2020 12:00·4 min read·IP Insights
Leveraging technology to secure design rights in furniture
Yuhei Okakita

Can digital data stored on Blockchain be valid evidence in IP litigation?

How can blockchain certificates be leveraged in the intellectual property space? It becomes gradually acknowledged that blockchain certificates can help prov...

January 17, 2020 12:00·4 min read·IP Insights
Can digital data stored on Blockchain be valid evidence in IP litigation?
Paul Reboh

IP protection for the startups of UnternehmerTUM

From the initial idea to growth stage: startups, innovators, and makers of UnternehmerTUM now have free access to the Bernstein web app to protect and manage...

December 16, 2019 12:00·2 min read·IP Insights
IP protection for the startups of UnternehmerTUM
Paul Reboh

Protecting your unregistered rights the Bernstein way

Let's imagine the following scenario… you park your car along the road and run to the post office to send some letters. When you get there you meet a long qu...

December 06, 2019 12:00·4 min read·IP Insights
Protecting your unregistered rights the Bernstein way
Yuhei Okakita

Your competitor was given a patent on your invention - what should you do?

Usually, patent examiners mainly search patent documents (domestic and foreign) to check patentability. If enough evidence is found to make the final decisio...

December 06, 2019 12:00·4 min read·IP Insights
Your competitor was given a patent on your invention - what should you do?

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