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Listeners Yearn for the Sound of Classic Tunes, Feeding Investor Interest in Copyrights

December 14, 2020 Bruce Berman

With the pandemic curtailing live performance and new acts scarce to emerge, listeners turning to classics by rock artists like Bob Dylan and Taylor Swift

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Free Livestream: ‘Living with Covid-19’ to explore work-life solutions and investments

September 2, 2020 Bruce Berman

 Some coronavirus management tools will be complex, others relatively low-tech. Most will come from diverse sources and a few will be highly valuable.  Developing and

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Music royalty streams are attracting the interest of yield-hungry investors

October 8, 2019 Bruce Berman

How songs get distributed and owners compensated for them have upended the music industry. Through it all, copyright royalties have remained attractive – especially when

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IP Watchdog: Theranos and Elizabeth Holmes, a ‘true’ story worthy of a novel, yet to be fully told

September 3, 2019 Bruce Berman

A trial will begin next summer in San Jose federal court for Elizabeth Holmes, Theranos’ ignominious founder, CEO and lead inventor, whose name is associated

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Apple conspired to discredit Qualcomm’s inventions even though it believed they were “the best”

April 29, 2019 Bruce Berman

Nothing gives a Silicon Valley tech giant, once, known for quality and integrity, a bad name like greed and deception. In pursuit of even greater

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Taking PIPCOs private – rethinking public IP (patent licensing) companies

March 27, 2019 Bruce Berman

The shares of most publicly traded companies that rely primarily on patent licensing, litigation settlements or damages awards for revenue have fared poorly compared to

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Expanded ‘IP CloseUp 30’ stock index features four new categories

March 6, 2019 Bruce Berman

Publicly traded patent licensing companies have significantly under-performed market indexes. Only a few of the original listed stocks remain.  The IP CloseUp 30, a feature

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To encourage investors the IP system must provide stability and predictability, says USPTO head

December 4, 2018 Bruce Berman

IP is the engine that makes economic and cultural developments work and the USPTO keenly focused on facilitating this goal. That was the message delivered

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Rich values for IP services providers defy investor expectations

August 14, 2018 Bruce Berman

Prices for companies that support and sell IP services and analytical software remain surprisingly strong, even as patent licensing and sales continue to decline. Their

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Responsible Patent Licensing is focus of Wall Street event

January 28, 2016 Bruce Berman

Not all patent licensing businesses are alike. “NPE 2016: The Business of Responsible Licensing,” scheduled for March 22 at the Convene conference in New York,

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Unwired Planet: Can Cash Position Cushion Long Sales Cycle?

November 3, 2014 Bruce Berman

With three recent Markman hearings and more than $100M in cash UPIP trading currently at $1.46 could be a good buy for those with patience

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New Wealth of Nations is Focus of Int’l IP Gathering

February 22, 2011 Bruce Berman

550+ to Participate in 2011 CIP Forum – The New Wealth of Nations is the focus of a gathering to be hosted May 29-June by the Center for Intellectual Property Studies in

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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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