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98% or More of the Market Cap of Apple, Costco and MasterCard is Attributed to IP-Related “Intangibles”

April 7, 2026 Bruce Berman

There is no question that intangible assets like patents, trademarks and copyrights are foundational for the most valuable public companies, including those in the S&P

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Costly GPU Chips and Model Training, IP Uncertainty, Foreshadow A.I. Development

June 5, 2024 Bruce Berman

Over its remarkably short public life, about 18 months, generative AI or large language models (LLMs), have have grown from fatassy to a semblance of

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Hollywood Writers’ Strike Tests Limits of AI Use, Ownership; Actors are Threatened, Too

May 23, 2023 Bruce Berman

Using existing scripts protected under copyright to train Generative AI to draft new ones are at the center for the battle in the ongoing Hollywood

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‘The Playlist’ Series on Netflix Dramatizes the Rise and Imagined Fall of Spotify

March 28, 2023 Bruce Berman

The Playlist, a fictionalized account of the ascent of Spotify, the most popular if not most successful music streaming service, that looks forward to how

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The Battle for ‘Google Earth’ is Compelling Entertainment with a Frightening Survival Message

February 2, 2022 Bruce Berman

The Battle for Google Earth — It sounds like a science fiction movie, doesn’t it? It is more of a fact-based crime drama that provides

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Former unicorns lag techcos when it comes to patent grants, less when it comes to market cap

September 24, 2019 Bruce Berman

Selective comparisons of patent grants by company, industry and technology through 2017 show significant differences, when next generation of leading technology companies are compared with

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Value of top brands grew by 8% to $2.33 trillion; bigtech leads; Facebook declines

June 25, 2019 Bruce Berman

The 100 top global brands, led by technology companies, are up 8% over last year and are worth a cumulative $2.33 trillion. It’s no surprise

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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.

Bruce is responsible for five books, including the widely read "From Ideas to Assets." He wrote The 'Intangible Investor' column for every issue of IAM Magazine from 2003-2020, which he now contributes to IP Watchdog. IP CloseUp has generated more than 495,000 visits since it was established in 2012. For Bruce's full bio, visit www.brodyberman.com or read it here:
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