Chinese “IP CloseUp” Readers Exceed Americans for first time in 2025; Blog Tops 464,000 All-Time Views

For the first time since IP CloseUp was published in 2012, readers in from a nation outside of the U.S. have exceeded those domestically, an indication of the increasingly global interest in IP rights and how they are being used.

For December 2025 Chinese readers totaled 3,129, almost double the number in the U.S., 1,669. In November 2025 readers from China generated 2,726 views as opposed to U.S. 2,629. If the trend continues, IPCU will have expanded its audience significantly in Asia.

IP CloseUp, has become increasingly international. U.S. readers of IP CloseUp exceed those from other nations, like the UK, Canada and Australia by eight-fold or more. For 2025 there have been a total of more than 37,000 readers,16.8K+ from the U.S. and in excess of 7.5K from China, the new #2. In contrast, there were slightly over 1.1K from the UK. India came in slightly higher.

Growing Familiarity

IP CloseUp posts have highlighted the increased patent domestic and international filings by China-based companies, as well as the nation’s reported increases in IP awareness among employees and students. A growing familiarity and more positive attitude towards IP rights on the part of China, contrasts with declines seen in the West, notes the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in its global survey of IP awareness.

IPCU was read in more than 70 countries in 2025, with English-speaking ones like the UK, Canada, Australia and India, leading the way, followed by Germany, Japan and France.

“There is global interest in patent, trademark and copyright activity, but also curiosity in how the U.S. and other nations see China and its role as a technology leader,” says IP CloseUp publisher and editor Bruce Berman, Chairman of the Center for Intellectual Property Understanding (CIPU) and Managing Director of Brody Berman Associates, an intangible asset communications firm.

“China has come a long way in understanding how patent, trademark and copyright systems work, but still has a way to go regarding IP transparency and consistency, especially as it related to rule-of-law.”

“There is global interest in patent, trademark and copyright activity, but also curiosity in how the U.S. and other nations see China and its role as a technology leader”

IP CloseUp exceeded 464,000 views in 2025. November with 6,539 visits was the best month since February 2017.

“China has a genuine interest in how its technology is seen by the U.S., as well as European tech and IP communities. How its patents and other IP rights are used, their quality and the inventions they cover perceived is part of that process. Identifying and securing an abundance of patents in hope of dissuading infringers domestically and abroad is a good beginning.”

The most popular IPCU posts in 2025:

Still the most popular post, “Inventor Kearns’ Fight with Ford and Other Companies” and “Kearns’ Son Still Fuming Over Wiper Blade Fight” has generated more than 110,000 visits, more than 4K in 2025 alone. This is due in no small part to The New Yorker article about Kearns and the Hollywood movie “Flash of Genius,” which tells the Kearns’ family story in all of its horror. A high Google search ranking also helps.

The most popular IP CloseUp posts in 2025:

Increases in global patent ownership (see link below)