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IP Summit Videos Show Fragmented IP Rights are a Problem for Innovation and Business

June 17, 2025 Bruce Berman

Released today are new videos of featured speakers Andrei Iancu, fmr Undersecretary of Commerce and Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and Akeem

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BigTech Patent Infringement is Predatory and Inefficient, says Innovation and IP Expert

November 26, 2024 Bruce Berman

Private property rights like patents that cover inventions promote a growing innovation economy and a flourishing society. Without them there would be some level of

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Google Wants to Stop Good Inventions from Getting Shredded in its R&D Machine

August 6, 2024 Bruce Berman

Former Alphabet employees say the company has become “less a hothouse of innovation than a cautious custodian of its search empire, which appears to be

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Employment at Leading Companies is a Threat to Inventors and Innovation, Study Finds

May 16, 2023 Bruce Berman

Inventors who are adept at identifying new and potentially disruptive products are increasingly sought after by leading technology players who may wish to dissuade or

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Changing Big Tech Revenue Streams Provide Insight Into Future Intellectual Property Use and Value

September 13, 2022 Bruce Berman

The emerging revenue sources of large technology companies like Apple and Microsoft may be an indication of their regard for certain intellectual property rights and their

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Fortune Magazine Commentary Lacerates BigTech for Spending More on Legal Than R&D

February 8, 2022 Bruce Berman

A bastion of business coverage of large corporations since the 1920s, Fortune Magazine, lambasted BigTech companies because they “acquire and kill competitors and copy other

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Patent Damages Awarded in 2019 as a percent of U.S. GDP, 0.0090%, is less than half of 2012

July 7, 2020 Bruce Berman

While bigtech revenue and share prices are soaring amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, and the market value of the top players dwarfs other companies, payouts in

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Bruce Berman is a long-time IP observer, editor and innovation strategist. He is in close contact with the leading IP owners and influencers, and tracks latest trends and developments, including data, strategy and performance.

Since founding Brody Berman Associates in 1988 Bruce has been working with IP holders, executives and investors, as well as more than 80 law firms and their clients. In 2016 he founded the Center for IP Understanding, an independent non-profit, www.understandingip.org. He has been on an IAM 300 Leading IP Strategist every year since 2011 and is a member of its Hall of Fame Academy.

Bruce is responsible for five books, including the best-seller "From Ideas to Assets." He wrote The 'Intangible Investor' column for every issue of IAM Magazine from 2003-2020, which he now contributes to IP Watchdog. IP CloseUp has generated more than 360,000 visits over since it was established in 2012. For Bruce's full bio, visit www.brodyberman.com or read it at the foot of this page
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