“With great power comes great responsibility.” Whether it was Voltaire or Peter Parker (Spiderman’s Uncle Ben) who said it does not much matter. The important
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IP CloseUp surpassed 200,000 views in 2018
In 2018, IP CloseUp broke though the 200,000 view level, generating a total of 207,868 on 373 posts since it was first published. Among the
USPTO Director Iancu, top-ten inventor Jay Walker and IBM’s patent chief + surprises set for IP Awareness Summit this week
The IP Awareness Summit 2018 – IP literacy matters The second annual Intellectual Property Awareness Summit is being held at Columbia University in New York
IP Awareness Summit update: keynotes to include top-ten inventor, Jay Walker, USPTO Director Iancu and IBM’s Schecter
Priceline.com founder and one of the most prolific and successful U.S. inventors in history will join USPTO Director Andrei Iancu and IBM Chief Patent Counsel
$88.3M (CD) for Canadian IP literacy and tools via new strategy
The Canadian government has announced that it is investing $88.3M CD in a new IP strategy that incorporates tools and education, and improves literacy. Canada’s population
Copyright company filing is a “mini” IPO aimed at monetizing future music royalties
A business designed to acquire and monetize royalty streams “of the world’s biggest artists,” Royalty Flow, went public last week with a “mini” IPO, or
Experts at IPAS 2017 will explore growing disregard for IP rights
At a time when the value of IP rights under attack by businesses, individuals and the courts, the first IP Awareness Summit will examine 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,
Up to $600 billion in U.S. IP is stolen annually by foreigners, says report
An IP Commission study finds that foreign sources, especially China, are responsible for the bulk U.S. theft. Counterfeit goods, pirated software, and theft of trade
Trade in counterfeit & pirated goods is $.5 trillion – 2.5% of all imports
“Fakes,” or counterfeit products, are a growing menace that deplete resources, threaten jobs and endanger lives. A report compiled by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and
‘Innocent’ IP theft is widely accepted and dangerously viral – Why?
So widespread is IP abuse that it no longer is regarded as a crime by many of the people committing it or authorities entrusted to
Gov’t study of economic impact of patent infringement is needed ASAP, experts say
There are abundant statistics on the cost of counterfeit goods, copyright infringement and even the negative impact of patent “trolls,” but nothing on the estimated
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