The Agile IP Department

Dr Christian A Mohr is a leading IP manager and strategist with more than 18 years of leadership experience in IP-related fields. He entered the Electrolux Group in 2016 and was until recently head of patents of the German Patent department with global group responsibility for the major appliance section of food preparation. Dr Mohr is a German and European patent, trademark and design attorney, and a certified innovation manager (TÜV) and Scrum Master, with a unique technological background combining both life sciences and technology. Dr Mohr has acquired deep knowledge in electronics/electrics, electromechanics, particularly in induction technology, and is also specialised in food technology and life science, particularly regarding sustainable development of vegan food and in drug discovery and pharma, as an IP specialist in viral vaccine vectors and lysosomal storage diseases. Through his journey he was able to counsel companies of different sizes and business models and within different industries, among those drug discovery and generic pharma companies, as well as companies in the medical device and chemical industry, from the large corporate to various start-ups. Dr Mohr’s focus, however, is the agile enablement and development of a sustainable and value-oriented patent organization and strategy, including its strategic exploitation and alignment with future business needs to secure access to technology, market share and profitable growth, as well as providing impulse for innovation. Dr Mohr has driven the organisational transformation of IP teams into agile IP rocket teams embracing equality and diversity. Agile working methods and mindsets paved the way for cross-functional IP management and negotiation teams under his leadership to establish a profound and modern IP business case analysis and strategy set-up with which they facilitated some cases among the largest cross-licence deals in household appliance industry.

Tore entered the Electrolux Group in 2009 and currently is head of patents of the Swedish patent department. Tore is a European Patent Attorney, a certified innovation manager (TÜV), Scrum Master and AI product manager. He has more than 22 years experience in the IP field, in leading positions with experience from the finance and software industry as well as appliance industry. He has extensive international experience lived and worked long times abroad working in highly complex projects and negotiations involving different technologies and multiple legal areas. Tore's focus is the agile enablement and development of a sustainable and value-oriented patent organization and strategy. A special focus and interest for Tore is to drive the digitalization of the Patent department to become truly data driven. Tore has, together with Christian, driven the organisational transformation of IP teams into agile IP rocket teams.