2022 was a breakthrough year for IP CloseUp, a leading independent blog that follows intellectual property developments, trends and people.
The no-fee publication has generated 250,000 visits and and exceeded 360,000 views since it was established in 2011.
IP CloseUp is most read in the U.S., however, in 2022 China slipped into fifth place, ahead of Germany and Japan, and behind Canada, India, the UK among nations where articles are accessed. We view the increasing international readership as evidence the growing relevance of IP awareness.
IP CloseUp is ranked by FeedSpot as among 2022’s
50 best Intellectual Property blogs
2022’s most popular posts
- “Latest Data Show Intangible Assets Comprise 90% of the Value of S&P 500 Companies”
- “List of 140 African-American Inventors Honors Their Legacy and Black History’s”
- “$21 Trillion in Intangible Assets is 84% of the S&P 500 Value”
- “Kearns’ Son Still Fuming of Wiper Blade Fight”
- “Two NPEs, IP Edge and Brazos, are Leading Most of the Recent Rise in Patent Litigation”
“Kearns’ Son” is still the most read post with 103,806 views since it was first published in 2013.
Thank you IP CloseUp readers for your support. This includes email subscribers, Bruce’s LinkedIn contacts and IP CloseUp’s many Twitter followers. Visits were just shy of 39,000 in

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Top 50
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