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Smart Investors Need to ask these 6 Questions about IP Rights and Strategy

September 16, 2025 Bruce Berman

When it comes to M&A, private equity, large public stock or other investments in an IP-dependent company, of which there are growing number, fundamental questions

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“Sinners” – A Huge Hit with the Fans is Scaring the Sh** Out of Movie Executives

August 19, 2025 Bruce Berman

This summer’s blockbuster, “Sinners,” a horror movie set in the 1932 Mississippi, has come to represent an strangely satisfying entertainment for audiences and a potential

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The Evolving IP Business Landscape – What Experts are Saying about the U.S., EU and Asia

April 7, 2025 Bruce Berman

An all-star panel of international business and IP observers will be featured on the 2025 IP Awareness Summit® program being held at Dolby Labs in

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Save-the-Date: 2025 IP Awareness Summit will be Held at Dolby HQ in San Francisco

October 1, 2024 Bruce Berman

The Center for Intellectual Property Understanding (CIPU) has announced that it is holding the 2025 IP Awareness Summit (IPAS 2025) on April 24th at Dolby

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The Largest Entrepreneurship Programs are Showing Students What IP Can Do for Them

September 12, 2023 Bruce Berman

For students at several of the largest U.S. university entrepreneurship and innovation (E&I) programs, the idea of intellectual property engagement is changing. A 31-page report

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Six-Part Podcast Series from CIPU, ‘Understanding IP Matters,’ is set to Debut on December 7th

November 30, 2021 Bruce Berman

A new podcast series, ‘Understanding IP Matters – From creator to entrepreneur’ is set to launch from the Center for Intellectual Property Understanding. ‘Understanding IP

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“IP Finance 2015” will examine IP assets, transactions and challenges

March 23, 2015 Bruce Berman

IP Finance 2015, “Innovative Ways to Manage IP Assets for Maximum Return,” will bring together in New York on May 14 leaders in patent licensing

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Video Interview: “Investor Pressure Helped to Secure Rockstar Deals”

January 2, 2015 Bruce Berman

Opportunities still exist to monetize patents for those willing to do their homework and adjust expectations, veteran patent licensing executive Bob Bramson, a WiLAN director,

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Public IP Company Challenges will be Heard at IP Business Congress

May 19, 2014 Bruce Berman

Interest in public IP licensing companies or PIPCOs continues to build; so do supporters and skeptics. With some 30 trading on various exchanges throughout the

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Public IP Cos (PIPCOs) – An Expanding Universe

February 5, 2013 Bruce Berman

IP-centric businesses whose shares trade on the public markets come in many shapes and sizes — some are better suited for return than others. Many of the most interesting

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IP Law & Business

March 1, 2010 Bruce Berman

IPL&B is Folded into Corporate Counsel I learned recently that IP Law & Businesses, a decade old monthly published by American Lawyer Media, was folded

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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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