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Financing with Debt or Equity? For Businesses that Hold IP Rights its Essential to Differentiate

July 29, 2025 Guest Columnist

Today’s guest IP CloseUp column was provided by Efrat Kasznik, President of Foresight Valuation Group, a Silicon-Valley based IP valuation and consulting firm. Ms. Kasznik

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Easy as ‘ABC’ – New Intellectual Property Fundamentals Website (IPABC) is Perfect for Beginners; Useful for Pros

August 11, 2020 Guest Columnist

By ReNard Rogers

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Commentary: Beyond ‘Siri’ and ‘Alexa’ – Speech AI Patents are Serious Business

June 29, 2020 Guest Columnist

Guest Column by Dr. Roya Ghafele With a rapidly growing market that offers both attractive returns on investment and the genuine ability to transform the

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Bridging the Gap Between IP Awareness and Understanding – A response to IBM’s Chief Patent Counsel

February 28, 2019 Guest Columnist

by Professor Ruth Soetendorp In a recent article, Manny Schecter, Chief Patent Counsel at IBM and President of the IPO Education Foundation, was right to

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A responsive patent system requires time and participation: a response to Jay Walker’s IPAS 2018 speech

December 10, 2018 Guest Columnist

GUEST COLUMN: At the IP Awareness Summit held at the Columbia University on November 29 Jay Walker, entrepreneur, prolific inventor, TEDMED curator and founder of

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“Patent Failure” Fails to Recognize Danger of Too Much Repair

October 26, 2011 Guest Columnist

A Reply to Professors Bessen and Meurer’s Book About the Difficulty of Perfecting the Patent System By Roya Ghafele and Benjamin Gibert The publication of

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Bruce Berman is a long-time IP observer, editor and innovation strategist. He is in close contact with the leading IP owners and influencers, and tracks latest trends and developments, including data, strategy and performance.

Since founding Brody Berman Associates in 1988 Bruce has been working with IP holders, executives and investors, as well as more than 80 law firms and their clients. In 2016 he founded the Center for IP Understanding, an independent non-profit, www.understandingip.org. He has been on an IAM 300 Leading IP Strategist every year since 2011 and is a member of its Hall of Fame Academy.

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