Open Ears is a podcast about curiousity and creativity. And intellectual property.
Intellectual property begins with curiosity and eagerness to create solutions. Creativity touches all aspects of intellectual property.
In Open Ears, we wish to explore how different people work with their creativity and express it in a work of art and innovation which sometimes lead to an intellectual property right.
Our guests will come from various fields of creation and innovation, and each episode will be hosted by a contributor from aera in an inspiring and hopefully thought-provoking conversation.
In this episode of OPEN ears, Kristina May and our host Hanane Fathi Roswall dive into the intersection of business, creativity, and uncompromising life priorities.
Kristina May is the founder of strategic branding and design agency AM Copenhagen, serves on several prestigious boards, and hosts the podcasts "Design Kan" and "Så må du have held og lykke med det, i hvert fald!". The conversation traces her journey from hands-on craft to the core of strategic branding, where she unpacks why a brand is fundamentally a shared narrative that must be followed at all times.
She also shares her personal leadership philosophy, including her firm principle of never letting her agency grow beyond 15 people to safeguard life quality and direct craft involvement.
She speaks candidly about how having twins at age 25 forced her to establish non-negotiable boundaries, and how mental compartmentalisation grants her presence and peace. And help herself to stay on-brand.
28 Aug 2026
Prof. Gregory Petsko - A life driven by the courage to take risks, remaining curious, and serving a greater purpose
In this episode of OPEN ears, Harvard Professor and National Medal of Science recipient Gregory Petsko joins the conversation with our host Hanane Fathi Roswall. Drawing on a remarkable career spanning classical literature, biochemistry, and neurobiology, Petsko shares his insights into scientific innovation, creativity, and problem-solving. The conversation explores his unpredictable life path – from trying (unsuccessfully) to avoid the draft during the Vietnam War to changing course to Oxford and later, at the age of 55, embarking on the search for a cure for Alzheimer’s disease. Petsko offers a sharp, clear-eyed critique of today’s AI hype, drawing historical parallels to the 19th-century railway bubble and explaining why cui bono (“who benefits?”) is the most important question to ask. He also discusses the dangers of perfectionism, the importance of a broad humanities education for the technologists of the future, and how simple metaphors can unlock groundbreaking scientific solutions. A thought-provoking episode about having the courage to take risks, remaining curious throughout life, and finding meaning in serving a greater purpose.
1 Jul 2026
Can innovation hinder innovation?
In this episode, Stinus Jeppesen, CEO of the Hearing Instrument Manufacturer Patent Partnership (HIMPP), discusses with our host Hanane Fathi Roswall how this quite unique, non-profit defensive partnership representing more than 90% of the global hearing aid industry, is fighting for innovation by pruning the IP landscape of the industry through validity challenges and acquisition of patents.
Stinus also explains how a patent system designed to promote innovation and transparency, by offering time-limited exclusivity on breakthrough inventions, can sometimes end up hindering innovation altogether. Stinus breaks down the rising operational threat of Non-Practising Entities (NPEs) — more condescendingly referred to as patent trolls — and the massive sunk costs that operating companies face when forced to fight overly broad and invalid patents. The discussion highlights the shifting geopolitical landscape of post-grant patent procedures, contrasting the European Patent Office's accessibility with the evolving rules and mounting strategic pressures in the United States.
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