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IP Summit Videos Show Fragmented IP Rights are a Problem for Innovation and Business

June 17, 2025 Bruce Berman

Released today are new videos of featured speakers Andrei Iancu, fmr Undersecretary of Commerce and Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and Akeem

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Season 3 of ‘Understanding IP Matters’ Premiere’s this Week: “Partnerships can Enable the U.S. to Maintain its Innovation Leadership”

October 16, 2023 Bruce Berman

The first episode of the third season of the popular podcast series, ‘Understanding IP Matters,’ drops on Wednesday with the focus on public-private technology partnerships,

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LES 2019 annual meeting will feature keynotes from Google, Microsoft and the Deptartment of Justice

August 5, 2019 Bruce Berman

The Licensing Executives Society 2019 annual meeting will feature keynote speakers from leading IP companies, Google and Microsoft, as well as the U.S. Assistant Attorney

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U.S. cities are attracting a lower percentage of startup capital

November 19, 2018 Bruce Berman

Several surveys of global innovation have noted that the U.S. innovation edge is slipping, but until now they have not pinpointed where the U.S. share

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LES annual meeting to be held in Boston October 14-17

August 29, 2018 Bruce Berman

The birthplace of innovation, Boston, is the site for the 2018 Licensing Executives Society meeting. The opening session, “Advancing Innovation Through a Renewal of Trust,”

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Google’s patent giveaway is not really about saving startups from predators

July 28, 2015 Bruce Berman

The Patent Starter Program announced last week by Google may be less about how the company can help protect young companies from patent “trolls” than

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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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