It is no surprise that IBM and Microsoft are the top two Artificial Intelligence (AI) patent holders, but other businesses have quietly been gathering rights,
Author: Bruce Berman
Intellectual property observer, adviser, owner, author.
USPTO and EUIPO are focused on improving IP awareness; easier web access a priority
Different approaches to a similar challenge — providing quicker access to information about intellectual property rights to a range of audiences — were recently introduced
China’s Alibaba receives IP crime-fighting award from City of London Police
Alibaba, the largest on-line commerce site, has received a commendation from the Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit, a department of the City of London Police
Dublin’s historic Shelbourne to host IP Business Congress Europe, March 24-25
After a successful 2019 showing in Paris, IAM’s IP Business Congress is being held in Dublin in 2020. The Shelbourne Dublin – where the Irish
Bill establishing a small claims court for copyright holders aces House, 410-6; EFF, others, not pleased
The United States House of Representatives has unanimously passed the CASE Act, which establishes a small claims court for musicians and other copyright owners that
It’s alive! If AI machines can invent should they be able to own patents, too?
Bots have rights, too – or do they? Does an inventor have to be human to receive a patent? IP systems are angsting over how
Counterfeit Goods are a Tool for Terrorism, joint EU report findings show
Most criminal activity involving counterfeiting is carried out by increasingly “professionalised” organized crime networks and suggest it is being use to support a range of
Improving access for minorities will not fix a ‘broken’ system, say inventors
Responses to the USPTO’s request for written comment on questions about the participation of minority inventors reveal a deep mistrust of the current patent system
Music royalty streams are attracting the interest of yield-hungry investors
How songs get distributed and owners compensated for them have upended the music industry. Through it all, copyright royalties have remained attractive – especially when
‘Fakes’ cost the EU more than 60 billion EUR annually; smaller nations suffer most
Counterfeit goods cost the UK, Italy and Germany the most lost revenue in the EU. However, Romania, Bulgaria and Lithuania are the hardest hit nations
China IP Education Initiative Targets Primary and Secondary Students – “Children Can Influence Parents”
China has come a long way in many areas of innovation and technology, including intellectual property education for which it has assumed a leadership position.
Former unicorns lag techcos when it comes to patent grants, less when it comes to market cap
Selective comparisons of patent grants by company, industry and technology through 2017 show significant differences, when next generation of leading technology companies are compared with
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