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In 2022 the IP CloseUp Blog Surpassed 250,000 Visits; 360,000 Page Views

December 29, 2022 Bruce Berman

2022 was a breakthrough year for IP CloseUp, a leading independent blog that follows intellectual property developments, trends and people. The no-fee publication has generated

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IP CloseUp Views were Up a Record 21% in 2021; Total Increase Since 2018 is 44%

December 30, 2021 Bruce Berman

IP CloseUp celebrated its Tenth Anniversary in 2021, with viewership up 44% since 2018.  Annual increases since 2018 were 7%, 11 % and 21%, respectively. The 2021

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Total IP CloseUp visits surpass 276,000 in 2020; readership is up for third year in a row

January 4, 2021 Bruce Berman

Despite the challenges of 2020, IP CloseUp visits increased for the third year in a row, to 36,150. This brought the total number since the

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Visits to IP CloseUp in 2019 top 30,000 for fourth year in a row; multi-year total is 240,000.

January 2, 2020 Bruce Berman

Visits to IP CloseUp in 2019 were up 7% over 2018 to 32,521. Total visitors over the past six years grew to over 240,000. The

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IP CloseUp is named a “top 50” intellectual property blog

August 21, 2018 Bruce Berman

IP CloseUp has been named by Feedspot as a top-50 intellectual property blog. Feedspot, a news aggregator, named the top 100 IP blogs in which

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IP CloseUp visits up 26% in 2017; page views up 31%; readers drawn from 134 nations and territories

January 2, 2018 Bruce Berman

IP CloseUp, the blog of IP perspective, research, and people, grew in 2017 to more than 56,000 views and 44,000 visits, up 26% and 31%

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IP CloseUp visits were up 81% in 2016, breaking previous record

January 2, 2017 Bruce Berman

It was the second record-breaking year in a row for IP CloseUp readership, with 43,946 visits in 2016, an 81% increase from 24,273 in 2015.

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Inventor Kearns’ fight with Ford & other auto cos is 2016’s most read IP CloseUp post; 20,000+ visitors

December 20, 2016 Bruce Berman

An article summarizing inventor Robert Kearns’ epic battle against the automobile industry is this year’s most read IP CloseUp post with more than 21,000 visits.

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Reporter: Patent system failed heart valve inventor

August 18, 2016 Bruce Berman

One of the biggest obstacle to inventors today may the system created to protect them. Research cardiologist Tory Norred thinks so.   In a recent

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Annual report: IP CloseUp visits are up 32% in 2015 to 24,000

December 30, 2015 Bruce Berman

2015 was a year of growth for IP CloseUp, as visits increased to 24,000 and subscriptions were up, too. The busiest day of the year

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Six Years of Talks Fail in Ford Patent Dispute

July 19, 2011 Bruce Berman

Flash(back) of Genius? Ford Motor Company was sued twice in one week by businesses that say it is infringing their hands-free inventions, including the company’s popular SYNC voice-command technology If it looks

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Bruce Berman is a long-time IP observer, editor and innovation strategist. He is in close contact with the leading IP owners and influencers, and tracks 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, 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.

Bruce is responsible for five books, including the best-seller "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 360,000 visits over since it was established in 2012. For Bruce's full bio, visit www.brodyberman.com or read it at the foot of this page
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