It’s no mystery that the name and likeness of U.S. Presidents are an easy mark for exploitation. While IP rights cover much of their “brand”,
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Will Gen A.I. Pay-Off for Owners? A $low Start Seeds Skepticism and Small Model Competition
After closing its latest round of funding on October 2nd, OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, is now valued at an incredible $157 billion. This might
“Innovation should not be restricted to the R&D Department,” says NYC’s Most Prolific Inventor
“Creativity is everywhere,” says James Jorasch, one of the leading U.S. inventors and the most active living in New York City. On the Season 4
Save-the-Date: 2025 IP Awareness Summit will be Held at Dolby HQ in San Francisco
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
Disney, Marvel and DC Comics Characters Whose Copyrights Expire May Find their Value Increase
Iconic characters from Disney, Marvel and DC Comics (Warner Bros.) and other power brands will be entering the public domain at an alarming rate between
Google Wants to Stop Good Inventions from Getting Shredded in its R&D Machine
Former Alphabet employees say the company has become “less a hothouse of innovation than a cautious custodian of its search empire, which appears to be
TikTok and Google Join Adobe-led Initiative that Makes Image and Content Changes Transparent
Both TikTok and Google recently joined an initiative comprised of leading content publishers and generators designed to make changes to images and other content easily
China Now Files 3X as Many Patent Applications Worldwide as the U.S. – More than the U.S., Japan, S. Korea, Germany, France, India and the UK Combined
Since China became worldwide leader in patent applications in 2011, overtaking Japan, the number of its applications have soared. The question today is not so
The ‘Godfather’ of IP Management, Marshall Phelps, Engineered IP Businesses at Microsoft and IBM, and Nurtured a Generation of Executives
Marshall Phelps is best known for launching highly successful IP business operations at IBM in the 1990s and Microsoft in the 2000s. Overlooked among his
Criminal Liability for Patent Infringement? The ‘Moral Hazard’ Around Fair Competition
History has proven that innovation comes from everywhere, not just the leading businesses. But patents no longer provide the right exclude others from practicing an
44% of Top 100 University U.S. Patent Holders are Foreign Institutions; 8 of the Top 22
Almost half of the top 100 colleges, universities and research institutes that have been granted U.S. patents are located outside of America. For the most
Season 3 of ‘Understanding IP Matters’ Premiere’s this Week: “Partnerships can Enable the U.S. to Maintain its Innovation Leadership”
The first episode of the third season of the popular podcast series, ‘Understanding IP Matters,’ drops on Wednesday with the focus on public-private technology partnerships,
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