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Patent Suits at a 10-Year Low; Cumulative 2019 Damages Awards Highest Since 2014

March 3, 2020 Bruce Berman

2019 saw the fewest patent suits filed since 2010. This occurred despite the increasing need to file suit in order to license in many areas

The Top 100 innovators spent $316 billion on research and generated 145,000 inventions

February 25, 2020 Bruce Berman

Six companies became top 100 global innovators for the first time in 2020. Fujikura (Japan), HTC (Taiwan), Immersion (US), Microchip Technology (US), Scheneider Electric (France)

The Five Largest Techcos earned $802 billion annually from surprisingly diverse sources

February 18, 2020 Bruce Berman

The largest technology businesses generate revenues in different ways, but all rely on a dedicated customer-user base. These ‘big five’ technology businesses all rely on

U.S. Advances in Patents Category but still Trails Four Nations in 2020 U.S. Chamber Intl IP Index

February 11, 2020 Bruce Berman

While the U.S. still remains the top nation overall for intellectual property rights, lags behind Singapore, Japan, South Korea and Switzerland in the category Patents,

Coronavirus Fallout: China’s Patent Grab Frightens U.S. Pharma Companies

February 6, 2020 Bruce Berman

An attempt to patent a medicine already patented in the U.S. and elsewhere, and currently being developed by U.S. drugmaker Gilead Sciences, raises serious intellectual

Apple is granted patent on invention that eliminates driver ‘blind spots’; auto market entry speculated

February 4, 2020 Bruce Berman

Apple Inc. was recently granted a patent on an invention designed to eliminate driver blind spots. At least one publication reported that it could signal

Future of innovation to be focus of ‘KnowIt’; Key issues for creators, advisors and capital providers

January 28, 2020 Bruce Berman

KnowIt, a new and innovative conference for people engaged in technology, including 5G and AI, will bring together a diverse community of executives, creators, investors

TechCos are now half of the 10 most valuable brands, more than doubling in value to $2.1 trillion

January 21, 2020 Bruce Berman

The value of the largest technology company brands has more than doubled since 2001. The cumulative brand value of leading techcos in 2001 was $988

Visits to IP CloseUp in 2019 top 30,000 for fourth year in a row; multi-year total is 240,000.

January 2, 2020 Bruce Berman

Visits to IP CloseUp in 2019 were up 7% over 2018 to 32,521. Total visitors over the past six years grew to over 240,000. The

Study: 45% of European GDP is attributed to IP-Active Industries, but ‘causal link’ is still lacking

December 23, 2019 Bruce Berman

63 million jobs – 29% of all jobs in the EU – are a product of IP-intensive industries, reports a joint EPO-EUIPO study that is

China is seeking to place Wang Binying as Dir General of the World Intellectual Property Organization

December 16, 2019 Bruce Berman

Beijing hopes place the next Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the leading association for establishing global standards for the protection IP.