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Innovative Visualization of Leading Brands is a Clear Path to Distinguishing their Relative Value

June 14, 2022 Bruce Berman

The world’s most iconic brands can be a moving target, changing subtly in value from year to year and industry to industry. Measuring their performance

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11 of the top 25 Most Valuable Brands are Chinese; 9 are U.S. – TikTok is the Fastest Growing, up 215%

March 22, 2022 Bruce Berman

TikTok, the Chinese social media giant, is the world’s fastest growing brand, up 215% over 2021, according to BrandFinance, a firm that rates the Global

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237,000 Patents Were Purchased in China in 2020; Alibaba and Apple are the Most Active Buyers

August 17, 2021 Bruce Berman

Chinese companies engaged in active transactions involving a total of 237,773 patents in 2020. According to information provided in The China Intellectual Property Financing Index

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Value of Top Global Brands Up 42% with TechCos Leading the Way; Patents Play an Unsung Role

July 13, 2021 Bruce Berman

The value of the top global brands, which are largely comprised of technology companies, grew at an astonishing 42% since 2020. With global technology brands

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China and the U.S. Agree (Separately): Now is the time to Rein in Big Tech’s Abusive Practices

January 26, 2021 Bruce Berman

China’s highly visible Internet giants, including Alibaba, Ant and Tencent, are generating a storm of government scrutiny and public skepticism, not unlike their American counterparts.

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Chinese Leader Xi Jinping Calls for strengthening IP protection and “enhancing its importance”

December 22, 2020 Bruce Berman

Secretary General of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, Xi Jinping, acknowledged this month that protecting IP rights was necessary for pursuing development. 

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China’s Alibaba receives IP crime-fighting award from City of London Police

November 12, 2019 Bruce Berman

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

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Experts: Void from U.S. patent “train wreck” is being filled by China’s patent system

January 18, 2017 Bruce Berman

In a few short years China’s patent system has gone from an IP rights wannabe to one of the most responsive and patent-friendly systems in

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China is poised to overtake the U.S. as the leading patent system

January 11, 2017 Bruce Berman

A few years ago a company whose patents were violated in China had little or no chance of defending its rights.  Determined to move beyond

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Panasonic, NEC & Sony are battling with IBM for patent sales leadership

December 1, 2015 Bruce Berman

Despite dramatically lower patent valuations, some big companies, including under-performing foreign holders, have taken the number of U.S. sales to new highs. While IBM still

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More patent holders (and buyers) are valuing perception over reality

October 1, 2015 Bruce Berman

Lack of certainty and the high cost of monetizing patents are motivating some businesses to acquire impressive looking patents, not necessarily valid or essential ones.

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Online Retailer Alibaba ‘Stocks Up’ on U.S. Patents Pre-IPO

May 1, 2014 Bruce Berman

In the days preceding what could be the largest U.S. IPO ever, Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce giant, has been buying patents as well as filing

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