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Watch educational videos, webinars, interviews, and presentations from the Center for Intellectual Property Understanding and the IP Awareness Summit.

Explore conversations with experts on innovation, creativity, and the role intellectual property plays in business and everyday life.

New CIPU research reveals that intellectual property-related intangible assets account for nearly all of the market value of today's leading U.S. companies.

T Bone Burnett is a Grammy and Academy Award-winning producer, guitarist and songwriter. Jonathan Taplin, IPAS 2022 Keynote Speaker, is director emeritus at the USC Annenberg Innovation Lab and the author of “Move Fast and Break Things.” View Here

On May 2, Northeastern University hosted the IP awareness and literacy organization The Center for Intellectual Property Understanding (CIPU) for its 6th Intellectual Property Awareness Summit (IPAS), titled Bridges, Not Barricades. View Here

ATLANTA, GEORGIA, USA, October 17, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ — More than half of Americans believe they understand what copyrights, patents and trademarks are for. But according to a new survey conducted by the United States Intellectual Property Alliance (USIPA), a non-profit, they are thoroughly confused. Read more

NEW YORK , NEW YORK , USA, July 27, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ — Entrepreneur, inventor, banker and soothsayer, Tiffany Norwood has been named to the board of directors of the Center for Intellectual Property Understanding. Read more

NEW YORK, NY, USA, December 20, 2021 /EINPresswire.com/ — Maysa Razavi, Director of Global Brand Protection and Supply Chain Security for Moderna Therapeutics, and Derek Morales, Associate Counsel, Trademarks, for Estee Lauder, have joined the Center for Intellectual Property Understanding’s Education Committee. Read more

New CIPU research reveals that intellectual property-related intangible assets account for nearly all of the market value of today's leading U.S. companies.

New CIPU research reveals that intellectual property-related intangible assets account for nearly all of the market value of today's leading U.S. companies.

Forbes cited the Center for Intellectual Property as a leader in the effort to make the innovation ecosystem more democratic and inclusive. View Here

“A fresh approach to learning why IP rights exist and who they benefit was introduced today by the Center for Intellectual Property Understanding, a non-profit. The CIPU-curated portal makes it easy for everybody to attain basic IP knowledge. Viewers of all ages and backgrounds can begin to grasp the major IP concepts of sharing and Read More

“Students at prestigious universities in the United States are not required to take even a single intellectual property (IP) course to fulfill the requirements for a graduate #business degree. This is totally wild to me, and also completely unsurprising. In all the business classes I took at Santa Clara University, none mentioned #IP. Great job Read More

The Center for Intellectual Property Understanding (CIPU) prepared a report on Intellectual Property Education in US Business Schools (accompanied with this review by IP education expert Professor Ruth Soetendorp). The report looks at courses, content and instructors in twenty-one business schools that include IP-related courses in their curricula. Read more

Manny Schecter, IBM’s Chief Patent Counsel and CIPU board member, discusses IP within the educational system. The future of the American economy and our national security depend upon continued innovation. We need a work force skilled in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) to enable the initiation of innovation required to drive the U.S. economy, Read More

By C. L. Max Nikias and Gary K. Michelson, M.D. Intellectual property (IP) industries today generate 38.2 percent of total U.S. GDP, or an astonishing $6.6 trillion in annual output. IP is also responsible, directly and indirectly, for 30 percent of total U.S. employment …. Read More

IBM’s Chief Patent Counsel, Manny Schecter (CIPU board member), looks at the lack of IP education in the U.S. by Manny Schecter Have you ever watched an episode of the television show Shark Tank? Contestants attempt to attract investments in their businesses by marketing them to moguls (the “sharks”). Innovation and entrepreneurship are strong themes. Virtually Read More