Nora Manthey
As Editor at WIPO Magazine, Nora explores how intellectual property drives innovation and creativity worldwide. She also commissions and curates stories from contributors that reveal IP's role in social, cultural, and economic progress. With 15 years of editorial experience across Random House, Bertelsmann Group, ETH Zurich, and specialist media, she continues to work as a media consultant and seeks narratives showing thought leadership on evolving issues, emerging technologies and innovations improving lives.
Latest from Nora Manthey
IP and sports: Ready, set, innovate
Celebration moves as trademarks. AI replicating athletes. Music on the ice. Our 2026 issue explores the IP rights working to keep sports moving.
Cheerleading music licensing in sports: ClicknClear’s Chantal Epp
Discover how a two-time world champion cheerleader is giving athletes and sports event organizers easy access to music, while ensuring fair pay for creators.
FRAND licensing for SMEs: dancing with elephants in the world of SEPs
If you want to know how to get better at making FRANDs in the SEP ecosystem as a small player, here are our takeaways from the WIPO symposium. Care to dance?
Music Special: Views on AI, creators' rights and IP developments
Explore AI's impact on music copyright, how streaming transforms music markets; plus emerging IP challenges. WIPO Magazine Music Special. Available to download now.
How Saudi producer Ahmed Alsallal uses music to promote intellectual property
Meet Ahmed Alsallal, producer, poet and IP professional bringing Saudi tradition into modern music. Learn about his national songs and how he promotes intellectual property across the Gulf.
Inside MENA’s music boom: in conversation with Spotify’s Imad Mesdoua
From government investment to streaming platforms, a Spotify executive tells us what’s driving MENA’s record music growth and how regional artists are going global.
Niclas Molinder: music creators need to shift their mindset about metadata and IP
Read how Swedish music producer Niclas Molinder urges creators to take better care of their metadata, so that the industry can take better care of them.
Huge opportunity: how IP is helping musicians in Cabo Verde
Known as the Queen of Morna and recognized across Portuguese-speaking Africa as a passionate copyright ambassador, Solange Cesarovna shares what she has learned about establishing a CMO and taking charge of artists’ rights.
Tantrum pending: how one father took his pacifier from patent to market – and weaned his daughter off her dummy
The pacifier is a near-universal object that was first patented more than a century ago. So, what could there be left to reinvent? A young father from Singapore may have the answer.
The Phryges – Paris 2024 Mascots Star as Olympic Merchandise
The Phryges are the official Paris 2024 mascots and feature on Olympic merchandise. Find out about the many IP rights that protect any Olympic mascot.