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“Sinners” – A Huge Hit with the Fans is Scaring the Sh** Out of Movie Executives

August 19, 2025 Bruce Berman

This summer’s blockbuster, “Sinners,” a horror movie set in the 1932 Mississippi, has come to represent an strangely satisfying entertainment for audiences and a potential

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The Handwriting is on the IP Wall: Inventors and Content Creators are in the Same Sinking Boat

March 21, 2023 Bruce Berman

When it comes to declining respect for intellectual property rights inventors and content creators, such as photographers, musicians and writers, as well as some trademark

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Warhol “Fair Use” Case is Heard by the Supreme Court – Implications for Inventors, Too?

November 1, 2022 Bruce Berman

The Supreme Court recently heard arguments for the Warhol v. Goldsmith copyright case, which will have a dramatic impact on content providers and the definition

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$550M Springsteen Catalogue Sale is Biggest Ever; Capital Gains Taxes and Low Interest Rates May Have Played a Role

December 21, 2021 Bruce Berman

With the backing of leading private equity funds and record labels, celebrity singer-song writers such as Bob Dylan, Prince and Neil Young, are cashing in on strong long-term demand

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Acquisition of Prince’s Disputed Estate is Key to Unlocking His Diverse IP Holdings

August 3, 2021 Bruce Berman

Half of Prince’s sizeable estate was recently acquired from his heirs by the music and IP rights company, Primary Wave. That has not stopped the

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Musicians want fairer streaming fees; inventors want patent licenses

June 29, 2016 Bruce Berman

In a digital world, fair compensation for creative expression or new ideas, like music and inventions, requires more determination than ever. Intellectual property piracy has

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