THE MICROTECHNOLOGY INFORMATION PORTAL | THE SHOW
08.09.2026
J - Service companies
When intellectual property becomes a company’s product and the key to its global commercial success
Maria Maina and Claudia Nash from P&TS, alongside inventor Patrick Flaction and seasoned executive Christophe Ramstein, shared the extraordinary Swiss story of the smartwatch at the 2026 edition of the Swiss Startup Days.
A lesson in entrepreneurship, balancing technological passion with economic realism, where selling patented technology to players better equipped to manufacture and distribute on a very large scale can prove quicker and less risky than manufacturing and marketing it directly.
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