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U.S. A.I. Patent Grant Data Reveal Surprising New Players and Possible Strategies

March 11, 2025 Bruce Berman

Thousands of artificial intelligence patents have been granted worldwide over the past decade with little clarity as to their meaning, value or validity when tested

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A Surprising Upswing of Design Patent Activity Among Some Auto and Tire Makers

December 3, 2024 Bruce Berman

In recent years design patents have come to have a more vital role in the intellectual property landscape. Design patents protect the ornamental aspects of

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11 of the top 25 Most Valuable Brands are Chinese; 9 are U.S. – TikTok is the Fastest Growing, up 215%

March 22, 2022 Bruce Berman

TikTok, the Chinese social media giant, is the world’s fastest growing brand, up 215% over 2021, according to BrandFinance, a firm that rates the Global

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Chinese Universities Comprise 13% of Top 100 Academic Institutions Receiving U.S. Patent Grants

July 20, 2021 Bruce Berman

Many of China’s patents are generated by universities as opposed to businesses. In a socialist republic run by a single party that effectively means they

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BMW’s Car Wash Drone and Ford’s ‘Mobile Office’ Conjure a Forward-Looking Auto Industry

April 7, 2021 Bruce Berman

No one is sure of exactly what the future of transportation will look like but if current patent grants from the major automobile companies are

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Former AUTM head cautions exercising ‘march-in’ rights on Covid-related patents

May 8, 2020 Bruce Berman

Confiscating taxpayer-funded invention rights would damage the innovation ecosystem that has generated breakthrough therapies and enabled scientists to work so quickly on Covid-19. This is

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Automobile industry convergence is the focus of Detroit IP conference

April 19, 2016 Bruce Berman

Over the past ten years or so the motor car of the 20th century has been transformed from a mechanical conveyance to a high-speed information

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