Global Digital Encounters

Re-imagining IP in an ever-changing world

As the world evolves, so must Intellectual Property.

Join us in our quest to re-imagine the role of IP.

About

Fide and TIPSA (Transatlantic Intellectual Property Academy) join forces to organize a serial of digital encounters to try and find out if Intellectual Property is equipped to face the ongoing changes that our world is experiencing.

All online encounters are opened to any interested person and speakers have been selected among the most relevant IP scholars and professionals all over the world.

The situation we live in has highlighted and made unstoppable something that we already knew: we are heading towards a world in which intangible assets are going to be key in a society oriented towards artificial intelligence and the data economy, where Industry 4.0,

 Biotechnology and Biocomputing will be the keywords for the future.

So, the question is served:  if intangible assets are increasingly important, how is the Intellectual Property system duly equipped to respond to the needs of this new world? 

Let us address this fundamental issue with courage !!! 

The Global Digital Encounters form integral part of the solidarity projects run by both organizations to support the international, European and national plans to overcome the sanitary and financial consequences of the COVID-19

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Discover our most recent Global Digital Encounters

GDE 42: Patents as a key tool for international cooperation and economic growth

Global Digital Encounters. Encounter 42: Monday, May 4th, | Yann MÉNIÈRE (EPO), Craig NARD (Case Western Reserve University) Rochelle DREYFUSS (New York University) and Laurent Manderieux (Bocconi University)

GDE 41: Patents as a key tool for innovation and economic growth

Global Digital Encounters. Encounter 41: Friday, January 30th, 2026 | Yann MÉNIÈRE (EPO), Axel FERRAZZINI (4iP Council) Fredrik EDMAN (LU Innovation) and Laurent Manderieux (Bocconi University)

GDE 4O: The EUIPO Boards of Appeal: a constant European IP success story

Global Digital Encounters. Encounter 40: December 9th, 2025 | Sven Stürmann (EUIPO BoA), Agata Sobol (Lexsential), Adoración Pérez Troya (Univeristy of Alcalá) and Laurent Manderieux (Bocconi University)

GDE 39: Generative AI models at the gate

Global Digital Encounters. Encounter 39: September 10th, 2025 | Jorge PADILLA (Compass Lexecon), Kadambari Prasad (Compass Lexecon) and Laurent MANDERIEUX (Bocconi University)

Meet the Team

Co-Director:
Laurent MANDERIEUX

Bocconi University. Director of TIPSA. Chair of the European IP Teachers Network. Member of Fide’s Academic Council.

Co-Director:
Manuel DESANTES

University of Alicante. Member of Fide’s Academic Council.

Academic Coordinator:
Javier FERNÁNDEZ-LASQUETTY

IE University. Member of Fide’s Academic Council.

Technical Coordinator:
Álvaro ARRIBAS

Fide

The Academic Family

The Global Digital Encounters have formed an Academic Faculty and Family of Speakers and Moderators, composed of worldwide known Academics and IP Senior Specialists from all continents.


This family also includes the list of doctorates that back the GDE by providing a solid support structure.

Support Entities

4IP COUNCIL

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AAAML

AIPPI SPAIN
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ALADDA

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ANDEMA

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ASIPI

CATEDRA PROPIEDAD INTELECTUAL UCV «CARLOS DEL POZO Y SUCRE»
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DENAE

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FUNDACIÓN ALBERTO ELZABURU

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FRANCE BREVETS

INSTITUTO AUTOR
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IPTANGO

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Law of Internet Technology Society (LITS)

LES SPAIN-PORTUGAL

LVCENTINVS

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MARCA SUR

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OEPM

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SINO EUROPEAN INSTITUTE FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY – HUST UNIVERSITY
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THE IPKAT

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