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Closing the Gap Between Intellectual Property Awareness and Understanding

IBM’s Manny Schecter says people may have a sense of IP rights but very few really understand their purpose and impact…

 

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Third IP Awareness Summit, First in SF Bay Area, will Examine Barriers to Domestic and Global IP understanding

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, USA, September 19, 2019 /EINPresswire.com/ — The Center for Intellectual Property Understanding has announced that it will be holding the third IP Awareness Summit (IPAS 2020) on Thursday, March 5th at UC Berkeley.

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Do You Have the Right Answers to these Intellectual Property Questions?

Frank Yao had prepared for this moment – the launch of his company’s high-tech sports apparel line – for years.  He had patented the “resistance bands” used in its athletic training clothing, the marketing team had scored some early wins in the media, the clothes were already appearing in sports shops around the country, and online sales were just starting to crank up. That’s when Yao ran into a huge obstacle.

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CIPU Report: Consumers are Vaguely Aware that Intellectual Property is Important but not Why

NEW YORK, NY, USA, April 3, 2019 /EINPresswire.com/ — A summary of research and surveys focusing on IP awareness and attitudes conducted over the past decade in the U.S., Europe and Asia reveals a growing disconnect between consumers intellectual property awareness and behavior.
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U.S. Patent System must be Predictable, Reliable and Balanced, says USPTO Director

NEW YORK, NY , USA, December 3, 2018 /EINPresswire.com/ — The word “right” is mentioned only once in the United States Constitution and it is in regard to intellectual property rights.

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Impact of “IP Literacy” is the Focus of 2018 IP Awareness Summit at Columbia University

NEW YORK, NEW YORK, USA, July 17, 2018 /EINPresswire.com/ — The Center for Intellectual Property Understanding (CIPU) announced today that it is holding this year’s Intellectual Property Awareness Summit in New York on November 29 at Columbia University in the School of Journalism

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A Wake-Up Call for Schools

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, and skilled in the role of intellectual property in promoting innovation…

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Public is Misinformed About IP, CIPU Report Finds

The report, which focuses on IP awareness and attitudes conducted over the past decade in the US, Europe and Asia “reveals a growing disconnect between consumers IP awareness and behaviour”, CIPU said.

 

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US IP Stakeholders Seek To Strengthen Public Support For IP, Ensure Future US Competitiveness

United States intellectual property stakeholders from academic, business and legal backgrounds gathered recently to discuss how to increase public support to strengthen the intellectual property rights system in the US…

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IP Awareness Is Increasing, Education Is Lagging Behind

The challenge of how to improve understanding of intellectual property was debated at the Second Annual Intellectual Property Awareness Summit in New York on November 29…

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Impact of “IP Literacy” is the Focus of 2018 IP Awareness Summit at Columbia University

The Center for Intellectual Property Understanding (CIPU) announced today that it is holding this year’s Intellectual Property Awareness Summit in New York on November 29 at Columbia University in the School of Journalism…

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Developing a US innovation policy bolstered by strong IP protections

For many years now, the majority of the popular press has spun a tale of how patents hinder innovation, and that organizations or individuals who lawfully assert the rights associated with them are unreasonable to ask for compensation for this inventive output. . .

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Rep. Collins speaks from IP experience at CIPU-GIPC innovation policy forum

He said that a number of his relatives and neighbors were chicken farmers, “some of whom invented new and more effective processes to produce and process eggs and poultry that were protected under IP law.”

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New Canadian IP strategy includes money for IP tools and literacy

In a move that recognizes the importance of innovation and IP rights – and the need for diverse audiences to understand how they work . . .

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Study: Education About IP Is Low For Non-Lawyers, Even In Top IP Nations

Countries highly dependent on intellectual property rights do little to educate people not working in the IP field about the importance of such rights, an industry-backed study has found …

 

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Intellectual property education crucial to America’s future

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 ….

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Intellectual Property Education: More Work to be Done

Educating students on the uses and workings of intellectual property has grown in recent years, but ‘there is still more work to be done towards introducing IP into course curriculum,’ according to a Center for IP Understanding (CIPU) survey released this week.

 

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IP “literacy” matters – CIPU promotes IP awareness for all

The video features interviews with business, academic and government leaders who attended the recent Intellectual Property Awareness Summit (IPAS 2017) in Chicago.

It explores the growing interest of governments and businesses in helping to promote innovation and economic growth through effective IP protection.

To watch the video, go here.

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IP Awareness Summit: IP Education Today Panel

IP Awareness Summit, Chicago, IL – November 2017.

Panelists at IP Awareness Summit discuss IP Education Today: Stephen Haber (Stanford), Bob Bramson (founder, InterDigital), Ked Seddon (LoT Network), Russell Slifer (Deputy Director of the USPTO, 2014-2017)

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Patents and Prejudice

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a person in possession of a good invention, must be in want of a patent, but with the emergence of significant abuses of the system, public perception has suffered. Manny Schecter explains. . .

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