Bruce Berman
Managing Director, Brody Berman Associates; Co-founder & Chairman, CIPU; Author; Investor; Publisher
Bruce Berman is Managing Director of Brody Berman Associates, a management consulting and communications firm that serves innovative businesses, creators and investors. Since 1988, Brody Berman has supported more than 200 businesses and IP portfolios, as well as many law firms and their clients on a range of IP litigation and transactions. In 2016, he co-founded with Marshall Phelps and Judge Paul Michel the Center for IP Understanding, which he serves as chairman. Bruce is responsible for five books about the business of IP, including From Ideas to Assets. His articles have appeared in Forbes, Nature Biotechnology, National Law Review and The New York Times.
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"Understanding IP Matters," a critically acclaimed podcast series he hosts, gives guests the opportunity to share their IP story, including the journey from creator to entrepreneur. His "Intangible Investor" column appears regularly on IP Watchdog. The column had appeared in every issue of IAM magazine from 2003 to 2019, about 100 in all. IP CloseUp, a weekly update on trends he publishes, is read in more than 60 countries and has received more a half million views. Bruce holds a Masters’ Degree film scholarship from Columbia University, where he taught for four years and completed course work and comprehensives for the Ph.D.