The Walt Disney Company is under pressure to return rights to perhaps the most iconic and valuable character franchise, the Marvel Superhero Universe, to many
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Tech-Rich Seattle will Host IPBC Global 2021; IP Service Group is Already Sold Out
Seattle is the fastest growing technology hub in the U.S., home to dozens of innovative businesses, including Amazon and Microsoft, as well as Boeing, Expedia
$1 Billion+ Patent Damages Awards, and Many Over $100M, are Rarely Paid
What’s in a number? Apparently, not much. While headline-grabbing patent damages awards were up in 2020 and 2021, payouts on these verdicts are exceedingly rare.
Breaking Patents — A Futile Response to the Global Pandemic That Benefits Businesses, Not People
When it comes to intellectual property rights, nothing impedes like success. President Joe Biden last week threw his support behind the World Health Organizations proposal
97% of 18-34 year-olds agree to ‘Terms of Service’ agreements without reading them
Terms and Conditions or Terms of Service Agreements – those long, dense, contractual-looking documents that appear when you start to use an online service –
Senator Thom Tillis & Celebrated Inventor James West, Confirmed to keynote IP Awareness Summit, April 28-29
Intellectual property and entrepreneurs, China, diversity & inclusion and overlooked intangible asset value will be among topics addressed at the 4th Intellectual Property Awareness Summit,
Two NPEs, IP Edge and Brazos, Are Leading Most of the Recent Rise in Patent Litigation
Total U.S. patent litigation more than doubled from 2005, peaking in 2011-2012 and declining significantly since then with two notable exceptions. Disputes peaked about ten
PIPCO Does not Mean NPE — Few Public IP Companies Rely Solely on Patent Licensing
The term PIPCO – public intellectual property company – was born in 2013 at time when as many as 30 relatively small patent licensing business
Covid Vaccine Tees Shakedown at the WTO; ‘It’s Fraught with Danger,’ says CIPU Member, Pooley
India is the world’s largest manufacturer of generic drugs, and South Africa is another big producer. Both are angry that the U.S. and Europe have
Listeners Yearn for the Sound of Classic Tunes, Feeding Investor Interest in Copyrights
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
Google White Paper Explains How ‘BERT’, its Cloud-Based A.I. Analytics Tool, Will Improve Patent Quality
Data scientists at Google Cloud recently published a paper extolling the virtues of its open-source algorithm that can perform more extensive and accurate patent searches
Higher 2020 Patent Damages Awards Are a Welcome Sign to some owners; Unreliable Metrics Not
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
