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
Author: Bruce Berman
Intellectual property observer, adviser, owner, author.
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
IP markets, patent policy debate and 5G revolution will frontline the 2019 IP Dealmakers Forum
The people behind the 6th annual IP Deal Makers Forum have put together a strong line up of topics, speakers and networking opportunities for this
Lofty Beijing goals and access to unlimited capital shadow US-China trade war & IP
It is not wrong for China, the second largest economy, to strive for leadership in key industries – it is how it plans to get
IP Watchdog: Theranos and Elizabeth Holmes, a ‘true’ story worthy of a novel, yet to be fully told
A trial will begin next summer in San Jose federal court for Elizabeth Holmes, Theranos’ ignominious founder, CEO and lead inventor, whose name is associated
Google for Education announces originality reports to prevent student plagiarism
In time for the new school year, Google, the search and technology company owned by Alphabet, has expanded its K-12 education platform to include a
Tesla patent that may be a key to safe self-driving is published by USPTO
A patent application filed by Tesla that could mark a fundamental change in the safety of self-driving vehicles was published on August 15. If eventually
London IP Week: three days of discussion and social events in the City of London
London IP Week (LIPW), described as a three-day interactive IP summit, will consist of a series of social events and two full-day conferences with discussions
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