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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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‘RESTORE’ Act’, Introduced in both the Senate and House, Would be an Invention Game-Changer

September 17, 2024 Bruce Berman

Eight patent-related bills intended to restore U.S. innovation prowess by making invention rights more reliable and redress for infringement less arduous have gone to Capitol

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Is the Five-Year Decline in Patent Litigation Positive or Negative? It Depends who you Ask

August 15, 2023 Bruce Berman

From 2013 to 2017 patent suits filed dropped by 35% and stayed that way through 2022. Excluding volume patent litigation filers, typically non-practicing entities (NPEs)

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Canaries in the Tech Mine? Deal Expert Warns of a Noxious Environment for Innovation

November 15, 2022 Bruce Berman

Even the largest technology creators appear to be vulnerable to weaknesses in the current global patent system, which according to a leading expert on IP

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Whatever Your Party Affiliation, Cruz’s Recent Remarks about Reforming the PTAB are Worth Hearing

July 12, 2022 Bruce Berman

It is no surprise that voters in both parties are not fans of the views of Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX). Despite this his recent commentary

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Higher 2020 Patent Damages Awards Are a Welcome Sign to some owners; Unreliable Metrics Not

October 20, 2020 Bruce Berman

Led by a decisive $1.9 billion win in Centripetal Networks v. Cisco and $1.1 billion in CalTech v. Apple/Broadcom, U.S. patent damages awards are on

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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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Costs to establish clear patent ownership are soaring – Here’s why

October 30, 2018 Bruce Berman

It has never been easy for American innovators hoping to generate a return on their inventions, but new hurdles have made it impossible to license

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‘Innocent’ IP theft is widely accepted and dangerously viral – Why?

January 26, 2017 Bruce Berman

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

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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.

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