Congressman Doug Collins (R-GA) launches the CIPU Washington briefing with a personal account of IP growing up on a farm. He said that a number
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USPTO Director Iancu will keynote 2018 IPBC Global in San Francisco
An impressive group of speakers, sponsors and supporters, led by USPTO Director and Undersecretary of Commerce, Andrei Iancu, will be featured at the 11th global
Update: 62 weird but strangely useful facts about bitcoin
$100 invested in bitcoin in July 2010 is worth about $6M today. For many, it is still unclear if blockchain is a viable alternative currency, an
Blockchain patent publications picked up speed in August
An uptick in recent blockchain patent publications may be an indication that the technology is quietly picking up steam, with competing big banks and tech
Center for IP Understanding is started by leading IP execs to raise awareness, improve attitudes
The Center for Intellectual Property Understanding (CIPU), an independent, unaffiliated non-profit dedicated to increasing IP awareness and improving negative attitudes towards patents, copyrights and other
New measure of success challenges traditional brand valuations
Measures of a brand’s power can differ dramatically, depending on performance criteria. A new success index believes that in an increasingly connected world, traditional measures
Tech cos use patents to turn up the volume on smarter hearing devices
Aging baby boomers, exposed to a lifetime of loud music, are more demanding than past generations about the quality of what and how they hear. Don’t expect
Will blockchain technology fuel a new patent war or prevent one?
The race is on to gain control of a new technology that has the power to reinvent banking and make transactions and other agreements between parties
A record number of major holders were granted far fewer US patents
Many significant tech companies experienced dramatic declines in US patent grants, fueling speculation about the reasons why. While total patent grants were virtually flat, according
Symantec acquires Blue Coat, a leading IPR filer with a $289M loss
Cybersecurity firm Blue Coat Systems has decided to opt-out of an initial public offering and sell itself to software security leader Symantec for $4.65 billion.
Financial patent summit to focus on IP and cybersecurity, July 20-21
Fintech, or financial technology, is a rapidly growing industry with more than $15 billion of venture capital invested to date and even more on the
The “new normal” is focus of IP Business Congress in Barcelona
With traditional patent strategies under pressure to show that they are still relevant, business as usual in the IP space is no longer the same.
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