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IP-Related Opportunities for Investors and Businesses Abound, but so do Challenges

April 16, 2025 Bruce Berman

“Identifying the latest intellectual property challenges and opportunities” will be the focus of a panel of leading experts in San Francisco on April 24th. The

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BigTech Patent Infringement is Predatory and Inefficient, says Innovation and IP Expert

November 26, 2024 Bruce Berman

Private property rights like patents that cover inventions promote a growing innovation economy and a flourishing society. Without them there would be some level of

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‘RESTORE’ Act’, Introduced in both the Senate and House, Would be an Invention Game-Changer

September 17, 2024 Bruce Berman

Eight patent-related bills intended to restore U.S. innovation prowess by making invention rights more reliable and redress for infringement less arduous have gone to Capitol

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Ex-Microsoft and IBM Licensing Execs Agree Patent Weaknesses have been Damaging

November 7, 2023 Bruce Berman

Generating a return on tech patents from licensing without suing for infringement is fast becoming a lost art – even if the licensor is a

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Entertainers and Athletes are Learning to Live with A.I. Algorithms – One Byte at a Time

September 26, 2023 Bruce Berman

The Writers Guild of America’s 146-day strike may be all but ratified, but for others in the entertainment industry – like the striking actors and

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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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Lawyer says the EFF is “Gaslighting the Public in a Crusade Against Patents”

October 11, 2022 Bruce Berman

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is at it again, says a patent attorney and former Northwestern University law professor, “gaslighting the public in its ongoing

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‘Blackbeard’ Returns: U.S. Supreme Court Ruling Allows States to act as copyright pirates; vendors beware

April 7, 2020 Bruce Berman

A recent United States Supreme Court ruling involving a video about diving for sunken treasure that depicted the recovery of artifacts from Blackbeard’s 18th century

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Authors to DOJ: “Strong patent rights are vital to U.S. economic and security interests”

June 25, 2018 Bruce Berman

The United States Supreme Court and the Congress have moved to weaken patents over the past seven years without realizing the inherent danger to national

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Reactions to Oil States show that patent due process is not dead

April 30, 2018 Bruce Berman

Two days before World IP Day, on April 24, the Supreme Court of the United States relinquished significant judicial authority for patents to the executive

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High Court’s ruling on damages may re-invigorate patent licensing

October 27, 2015 Bruce Berman

The Supreme Court of the United States is in the position to make patent licensing meaningful again.  At least that is what some experts believe.

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