PAPst LICEnsInG
Protecting intellectual property globally can be a daunting
and impossible task for small companies or inventors.
this is where Papst Licensing can help, explains Daniel Papst.
The wheel, the light bulb, the computer— they do attempt to do so, there is a high risk that, no bounds. At the tender age of 17, he registered
inventions have driven human progress from after a lengthy, exhausting and expensive dispute, his first patent for the construction of an electric
the very beginning. Our daily life is shaped they will resign themselves to giving up. pendulum clock.
by a stream of new products that would be
In addition, complex questions are posed by
inconceivable without the development and
He became world famous through the invention
global markets: who are the manufacturers in
perfecting of basic technologies. In order to
of the Papst external rotor motor and the Papst
question? Where and what do they produce
nurture innovation, legal protection for ideas,
ventilator, without which many products in
and sell? Which patents are affected in which
concepts and inventions, known as intellectual
entertainment electronics and office automation
countries? Where and with which strategy are
property, has existed since the 15
th
century. The
could not have been developed. Papst worked on
patents best enforced?
right to a patented idea allows the inventor to
more than 1,000 ideas, inventions and projects,
profit from their intellectual work—an essential
creating more than 400 patent rights in his
Papst Licensing is a professional patent exploitation
condition for the innovative spirit of modern
own name.
company with the necessary resources and
industrial societies.
know-how to allow a patent holder to effectively
It was the licensing of his patent for loudspeakers
and successfully participate in the worldwide
that enabled him to found his company.
the challenge of globalisation exploitation of patent rights.
Established in the 1940s, the company, from
In the age of globalisation, taking legal steps which Papst-Motoren GmbH & Co. KG grew,
against the illegal use of protected intellectual
Patents in the family was responsible for no less than 600 patents
property has become extremely difficult for
The name Papst has been closely associated
for products developed in-house. A focus of
the individual. Once a patented invention is
with the protection and licensing of intellectual
the resulting portfolio of patents is miniature
established on the world market, its illegal use is
property for more than 70 years. The engineer
electronically driven motors such as the Papst
common. While the infringer of a patent enjoys
and inventor Hermann Papst (1902-1981) was
external rotor motors, brushless DC fans, and
the benefits of the illegal use of the invention, the
not only an outstandingly versatile and creative
high-precision electronic motors for magnetic
inventor is left empty-handed—that is, if they thinker, but he had the gift of transforming ideas recording of sound, image and data applications.
have not actively asserted their rights. into useful products that found a ready market.
In 1993, Georg Papst, the son of the talented
However, given the nature of global production He was an exceptionally imaginative engineer founder, established Papst Licensing GmbH.
and worldwide trading, it is often virtually and inventor. From telephone dialling machines The company acquired the patent portfolio of
impossible for the patent holder to even identify to manufacturing processes for fibreglass, the former Papst-Motoren GmbH & Co. KG and
the party infringing the patent. Many businesses electric motors, loudspeaker systems and a diesel has since exploited it with outstanding success.
do not have the necessary resources and know- combustion engine with direct injection, and The experience gained is now made available
how to enforce their rights internationally. And if even to airships, his creativity seemed to know to others.
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