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Amazon, Apple and Snap (formerly Snapchat) Lead Patent Power Rankings; Meta Lags Behind

September 3, 2025 Bruce Berman

Meta has a surprisingly low patent power rating and Snap, the consumer electronics and augmented reality business, has an unexpectedly high one. The reasons for

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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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Will Gen A.I. Pay-Off for Owners? A $low Start Seeds Skepticism and Small Model Competition

October 22, 2024 Bruce Berman

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

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Identifying Return on IP (ROIP) is More Art than Financial Science; What’s Being Overlooked?

September 7, 2023 Bruce Berman

It’s easy to appreciate intellectual property licensing. C-level executives and investors of all types are among the many who attracted to the revenue and smitten

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Can Teaming IBM’s blockchain with Spangenberg’s IPwe Turn Patents Into a Trillion-Dollar Market?

June 15, 2021 Bruce Berman

IBM and IPwe, believe that NFTs, Non-Fungible Tokens – one-of-a-kind limited digital editions – can transform stagnant patent monetization into a trillion dollar market. Two IP icons

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IBM’s Drop in Direct IP Licensing Revenue May be a Reflection of Secular Changes in Tech, Law

May 4, 2021 Bruce Berman

For most years since 1996 IBM, the perennial annual U.S. patent recipient and licensing leader, generated $1 billion or more in intellectual property revenue, $27

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U.S. Advances in Patents Category but still Trails Four Nations in 2020 U.S. Chamber Intl IP Index

February 11, 2020 Bruce Berman

While the U.S. still remains the top nation overall for intellectual property rights, lags behind Singapore, Japan, South Korea and Switzerland in the category Patents,

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Some Licensing Companies will Likely Benefit from Higher Patent Hurdles

November 11, 2014 Bruce Berman

As businesses adjust to new judicial and legislative requirements public patent licensing companies will have to work harder and think smarter to compete against the

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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.

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