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The Most In-Demand Patents Today are Semicons, Devices, Wireless and Crypto-Blockchain

October 7, 2025 Bruce Berman

Which patents do buyers covet most most today? If a recent communication from patent expert and deal facilitator Louis Carbonneau of Tangible IP is any

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Cancer Device Engineer Fears Broad Loss of Basic Research Funds will Weaken Public Health

July 22, 2025 Bruce Berman

Impending reductions in government funding for universities will force even the top research institutions to find new ways to support critical work. Replacing the funding

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A Lone J&J Inventor is Responsible for $14 Billion of Value, Says Analysis Startup PatentVector

January 13, 2022 Bruce Berman

Frederick Shelton IV, arguably the most prolific and financially successful inventors ever, is a Johnson & Johnson medical device innovator unknown to pretty much everyone

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‘Strong Patents Matter to Protect Innovation,’ Says Gina Raimondo, U.S. Secretary of Commerce

May 22, 2021 Bruce Berman

Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo recently told interviewer David Rubenstein: “That experience [as a venture capitalist investing in medical device and IT health companies] enables

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When NPR Attacks Patents: Stories are Long on Drama, Short on Truth

July 9, 2013 Bruce Berman

“When Patents Attack… Part II!” revisits old ground about bad IP actors by relying on half-truths and high drama. “This American Life,” an entertaining weekly

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14 Articles on Patent Reform

July 13, 2010 Bruce Berman

Medical Pub Provides New Insight The summer 2010 issue of  Medical Innovation & Business examines the economic impact of patent reform. It’s well worth taking

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Bruce Berman is a veteran IP communications expert, editor and innovation strategist. He is in close contact with the leading IP owners and influencers, and tracks the 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, which holds the annual IP Awareness Summit, www.understandingip.org. He has been on an IAM 300 Leading IP Strategist every year since its inception in 2011 and is a member of the Hall of Fame Academy.

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