Two timely IP conferences, one in London focusing on patent deals, and the other in Washington, looking at patent policy issues, will take place in
Author: Bruce Berman
Intellectual property observer, adviser, owner, author.
Amazon’s controversial ‘1-Click’ patent will expire September 12
This year’s 9/11 remembrance will be followed but an anniversary of a different sort. September 12 marks the day that Amazon’s controversial “1-Click” patent is
Blockchain patent publications picked up speed in August
An uptick in recent blockchain patent publications may be an indication that the technology is quietly picking up steam, with competing big banks and tech
Music royalties – a siren song for niche investors seeking higher yield
A small but growing number of investors are buying the rights to musician’s future earnings, hoping to beat the fixed income returns and other markets.
Tech pioneer Nolan Bushnell to keynote IPO annual meeting in SF
This year’s Intellectual Property Owners Association annual meeting will feature a presentation by the founder of Atari Computer and Chuck E Cheese’s Pizza Time Theater,
“Turn and face the strange” – Patent values fall to earth; PIPCOs, too
Changes, or should we say “ch-ch-changes,” channeling David Bowie, who reinvented himself repeatedly, have decimated the performance of most publicly held patent licensing companies. Public
New certificate program in IAM for non-IP professionals is being offered by the Illinois Institute of Technology
Lawyers are no longer the only people interested in intellectual property rights. IP underlies practically everything that developed nations invent, author or manufacture. Professionals who
BofA, JPMChase & Morgan Stanley are top banks for patent loans
Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase and Morgan Stanley are the currently leaders in patent-based lending, according to a recent update of a 2015 study.
Qualcomm counter-offensive reminds NY Times readers who put the ‘smart’ in smartphone
Qualcomm is the first known patent licensor to tout its invention prowess in a New York Times ad directed at the business community. One of the
Apple is seeking to cut license royalties paid to record labels
While the share of revenue from streaming paid to record labels and recording artists is rising, Apple Inc., among the fairest licensees in on-line music,
Passage of STRONGER Patent Act is likely to spur innovation and jobs
A bi-partisan bill introduced by Senators Coons, Cotton and others is one of the most important pieces of legislation for American competitiveness and innovation to
Gene-editing break-through: can a collision of science, ethics and (patent) ownership be avoided?
The USPTO decided in February that the rightful intellectual property owner of CRISPR in eukaryotes, a time-saving tool that makes it cheaper and easier to
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