Patent monetization is alive and improving. Look no further than the 5th annual IP Dealmakers Forum, which will attract the top players in IP licensing, sales and litigation funding to the Alexandria Center overlooking NYC’s East River, November 6-8. IP CloseUp readers can save $200 off of registration by using discount code IPDF18_CIPU. Panels include: IP […]
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IP CloseUp readers can save $100 on Patent Law & Policy DC event
September 11, 2018 
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House Judiciary Committee’s Cong. Doug Collins (R-GA), a leading proponent of more effective IP legislation, will be a speaker at the 4th annual Patent Law & Policy conference to be held at the Ronald Reagan International Trade Center in Washington on November 23. Congressman Collins was instrumental in the success of the Music Modernization Act, […]
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12-fold increase in China’s U.S. trademark apps; many are said to be fraudulent and improperly filed
September 4, 2018 1 Comment
Cash subsidies are among the incentives fueling a dramatic rise in U.S. trademark applications by Chinese filers. Thousands are said to be improperly filed and unlikely to be granted. In a national effort to increase IP ownership China is paying companies and individuals, some of them prisoners, as much as the equivalent of $800 to […]
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LES annual meeting to be held in Boston October 14-17
August 29, 2018 0 Comments
The birthplace of innovation, Boston, is the site for the 2018 Licensing Executives Society meeting. The opening session, “Advancing Innovation Through a Renewal of Trust,” will feature Andrei Iancu, USPTO Director, Bill Elkington, Senior Director – IP Management, Rockwell Collins and Walter Copan, National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) Director and Under Secretary of Commerce for […]
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IP CloseUp is named a “top 50” intellectual property blog
August 21, 2018 3 Comments
IP CloseUp has been named by Feedspot as a top-50 intellectual property blog. Feedspot, a news aggregator, named the top 100 IP blogs in which IP CloseUp was number 48. IPCU beat out quality competition, including many law firm publications and those from leading IP services providers. Criteria for inclusion on the list includes number of […]
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Rich values for IP services providers defy investor expectations
August 14, 2018 1 Comment
Prices for companies that support and sell IP services and analytical software remain surprisingly strong, even as patent licensing and sales continue to decline. Their success appears to be fueled by the very problems facing patents: lower values and lack of certainty. IP tools providers are the proverbial sellers of picks and shovels; the “miners” […]
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Can blockchain be a game-changer for millions of IP transactions?
July 24, 2018 0 Comments
The abundant promise of blockchain has yet to be realized. To many in IP, finance and tech, it is just beginning to come into sight. The initial application of blockchain’s distributed ledger, bitcoin, has turned out to be more of a speculative sideshow than a legitimate alternative currency. We hear repeatedly that bitcoin is merely […]
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In Memoriam: Dan Scotto, perennial “All-America” Wall Street Analyst and Research Director
July 12, 2018 2 Comments
Dan Scotto, a Wall Street research icon in the 1980s and 1990s died last week and with him an era of investment research that is not likely to return. Dan’s understanding of assets, tangible and intangible, and how they could be monetized, was ahead of its time. He taught by example and showed a generation […]
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AST’s 2018 patent purchase program is open July 9 – July 20
July 9, 2018 0 Comments
Patent holders, this year’s version of Allied Security Trust’s Industry Patent Purchase Program, “IP3,” is a good indication of where the demand is highest. The 2018 fixed price, time-limited program AST and its members are searching for patents primarily in the following categories: Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning Augmented Reality / Virtual Reality Automotive / Transportation […]
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Authors to DOJ: “Strong patent rights are vital to U.S. economic and security interests”
June 25, 2018 2 Comments
The United States Supreme Court and the Congress have moved to weaken patents over the past seven years without realizing the inherent danger to national interests. “Strong patents rights are vital to the economic and national security interests of this country,” say James Rill and David J. Teece in an article published last week, “The […]
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Responsible deal-making is the focus of SF IP conference, 9/18
June 14, 2018 0 Comments
Responsible IP deal-making – where parties enter into licensing and other agreements mutually – has become something of a lost art. Not long ago, it was a best-practice. Many companies need to in-license to practice the inventions that cover their products. Similarly, not every business has the capital to make products from its inventions. Those […]
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“What kind of man owns his own computer?” Ben Franklin knows
June 5, 2018 0 Comments
Invention is about the future. Looking back at the technology and images that defined us, however, can provide an idea of where we are headed. A case in point is the Apple II personal computer. The ad below appeared in the venerable Scientific American magazine in May 1980. It seems almost laughable in its blatant appeal to […]
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Bruce is a long-time IP observer, adviser and editor, who is in close close contact with the leading owners and influencers. He tracks latest trends and developments, and monitors transactions, strategy and performance.
Since 1988 Bruce has been working with IP holders, managers and lawyers, as well as investors, to convey value to the right audiences. In 2016 he founded the Center for IP Understanding, an independent non-profit, www.understandingip.org.
Bruce is responsible for five books, including the best-seller "From Ideas to Assets." He has written The Intangible Investor column for IAM Magazine since 2003. For his full bio, visit www.brodyberman.com or click below.
