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IP Close Up Readers can Access a Free IP Summit Livestream from Dolby Labs in San Francisco

April 22, 2025 Bruce Berman

IP-related opportunities for investors and businesses are growing, but so are challenges to IP certainty and value. Film, music, publishing and invention leaders are saying

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Entertainers and Athletes are Learning to Live with A.I. Algorithms – One Byte at a Time

September 26, 2023 Bruce Berman

The Writers Guild of America’s 146-day strike may be all but ratified, but for others in the entertainment industry – like the striking actors and

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$17 for 1 Million Streams – Songwriter Says Digital Access has Devalued Content, Creativity

November 8, 2022 Bruce Berman

“Creatively music better today, because gatekeepers going away was helpful,” says singer-songwriter David Lowery,” but I think that largely it’s a much worse environment for

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The Truth About Trade Secrets; Ep 1 of Season 2 of ‘Understanding IP Matters’ Drops Today

September 21, 2022 Bruce Berman

“Governments can control property like patents,” says a former worldwide IP executive. “They don’t as easily control trade secrets.” These are the words of trade

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Lawyer aspires to copyright all possible melodies for the public domain – Not Everyone is Singing his Tune

March 19, 2020 Bruce Berman

Is it possible to copyright every possible melody? A lawyer says he has and that it is good for musicians and the music industry. Not

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Royalty rates paid musicians decline for some streaming services

January 29, 2018 Bruce Berman

When it comes to getting paid, the bigger streaming service is not necessarily better for most musicians and song writers. While the revenue and market

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Patent Holders can Learn from Angry Musician’s File Sharing Fight

October 16, 2013 Bruce Berman

A song writer makes a strong case against businesses that profit wildly from his and others innovators’ work. Heavy metal band Metallica got serious about

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Bruce Berman is a veteran IP communications expert, editor and innovation strategist. He is in close contact with the leading IP owners and influencers, and tracks the 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, which holds the annual IP Awareness Summit, www.understandingip.org. He has been on an IAM 300 Leading IP Strategist every year since its inception in 2011 and is a member of the Hall of Fame Academy.

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