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 
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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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Can the U.S. compete with China without a focused innovation policy?
May 29, 2018 0 Comments
More nations today have an innovation policy than do not – that is except for the U.S. The U.S. not only has no centralized innovation and intellectual property policy, it has no real strategy for making IP rights more meaningful and American businesses more competitive in the wake of initiatives from China. Some believe it […]
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$88.3M (CD) for Canadian IP literacy and tools via new strategy
May 21, 2018 0 Comments
The Canadian government has announced that it is investing $88.3M CD in a new IP strategy that incorporates tools and education, and improves literacy. Canada’s population is approximately one-tenth of that of the U.S.’ The government wants to help business, creators, entrepreneurs, and investors better understand, protect and access intellectual property (IP) through a comprehensive IP […]
Continue readingRep. Collins speaks from IP experience at CIPU-GIPC innovation policy forum
May 10, 2018 0 Comments
On Tuesday an open briefing was held in Washington to better understand U.S. innovation and IP policy. Congressman Doug Collins (R-GA), a supporter of strong and certain IP rights, launched the event with a personal account of his exposure to IP rights growing up in rural Georgia. He said that a number of his relatives […]
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Patents for Financial Services Summit to examine IP system health
May 7, 2018 0 Comments
The 15th Annual Patents for Financial Services Summit will gather patent and IP counsel, as well as senior financial executives, to discuss recent trends in financial patent litigation, value, and patentability. The Summit will be held July 25-26 at the Sheraton Times Square in New York. Presentations include updates on CBMs, IPRs, Oil States vs. Greene, […]
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Reactions to Oil States show that patent due process is not dead
April 30, 2018 3 Comments
Two days before World IP Day, on April 24, the Supreme Court of the United States relinquished significant judicial authority for patents to the executive branch in Oil States Energy v. Greene’s Energy. This decision upheld the constitutionality of the Patent Trial and Review Board. The Wall Street Journal stated in a thoughtful and uncharacteristically […]
Continue reading59% of blockchain patents are owned by developers; BofA and IBM dominate financial and tech players
April 24, 2018 0 Comments
More than half of U.S. blockchain patents are owned by blockchain-specific developers, while 20% are owned by financial institutions, led by Bank of America (see pie chart below). Number three, Fidelity, has about a third as many patents as BofA. Number two, MasterCard, some 50% fewer. 13% are owned by traditional technology businesses, led by IBM, which owns […]
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USPTO Director Iancu will keynote 2018 IPBC Global in San Francisco
April 17, 2018 0 Comments
An impressive group of speakers, sponsors and supporters, led by USPTO Director and Undersecretary of Commerce, Andrei Iancu, will be featured at the 11th global Intellectual Property Business Congress in San Francisco, June 10-12 at the Palace Hotel. Director Iancu has indicated that he will support the long-awaited move to greater certainty in the U.S. […]
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Family Entertainment: This “Rube” saw the future and its foibles
April 10, 2018 0 Comments
San Francisco-born Reuben Garrett Lucius “Rube” Goldberg, an American cartoonist, sculptor, author, engineer, and inventor, best known for satirical cartoons that depicted complicated devices that performed simple tasks in creatively complex ways. But Goldberg, born on July 4, 1883, was also a visionary, who saw the impact of personalized communications decades before it occurred. His […]
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Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: Some IP holders may benefit, most won’t
April 3, 2018 0 Comments
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 places some IP rights holders squarely in the sights of the tax collector, while providing others with an opportunity to license overseas without having to resort to international asset transfers to maximize returns. Patent, trademark and copyright owners of all sizes would be wise to revisit the […]
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Cong. Collins & Jeffries, and expert panel, will look at innovation policy and IP on May 8 in Washington
March 29, 2018 0 Comments
WASHINGTON, DC –– What is innovation policy? What does it mean to U.S. competition and jobs? Who is responsible for it? These are among the questions that will be addressed at an afternoon briefing held by the Center for Intellectual Property Understanding (CIPU) at the headquarters of the United States Chamber of Commerce headquarters in […]
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About Bruce Berman
I'm a long-time intellectual property observer, adviser and editor, who is in close close contact with the leading holders and most influential people. I track the latest trends and developments, and monitor patent and other IP transactions, strategy and performance.
Since 1988 I have been working with IP holders, managers, lawyers and investors to properly explain the importance of their assets to key audiences, frame disputes and convey transactions.
My five books, including the IP best-seller FROM IDEAS TO ASSETS, deal with IP rights as business assets. THE INTANGIBLE INVESTOR, the column I have been writing for IAM Magazine since 2003, looks at ways IP rights impact stakeholders. For my complete bio visit www.brodyberman.com or click on the link below.
