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CIPU’s 5th IP Awareness Summit Attracts 130+ Worldwide
More than 130 people attended the hybrid 5th IP Awareness Summit on April 5th in person at the University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business and online throughout the world. Watch the videos here.
There was a lot of energy about IP understanding, especially relating to world events in China, the Ukraine, Covid and crypto. It was 25 months to the day that IPAS 2020 was held at the Faculty Club, with just as many in-person attendees this year. View Here
IPBasics.org: A Minimalist Approach for Better Understanding
“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 protection through IPBasics.org. Site content features examples and explanations of the four types of intellectual property rights, including NIKE, LEGOS, iPhone and the Beyonce catalogue and products.” View Here
“We Need to Make Learners Aware of IP at a Very Early Age”
“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 compiling this report Bruce Berman and The Center for Intellectual Property Understanding. In my opinion, we need to make learners aware of IP at a very early age, and not just IP itself, but how to commercialize it”
CIPU Report: Leading Business Schools Lack IP Education
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
Senator Tillis: ‘Do not take America’s innovation leadership for granted.’
Senator Tillis delivers keynote to IPAS 2021. Read more
Drawn-Out Negotiations Over Covid IP Will Blow Back on Biden
The Biden administration recently announced its support for a proposal before the World Trade Organization that would suspend the intellectual property protections on Covid-19 vaccines… Commentary by CIPU’s James Pooley Read more
None of the Top 20 U.S. Business Schools Require Students Learn About IP
CIPU’s Business School Report Reveals Weakness in IP Education. Read more
How Billionaire Inventor Dr. Gary Michelson Negotiates Licensing Deals
Article shows IPAS keynote Dr. Gary Michelson delivering keynote at IPAS. Read more
Covid Vaccine Shakedown at the WTO
CIPU advisory board member, Jame Pooley’s WSJ op-ed focuses on partisan pressure to release the rights associated with the COVID vaccine and why ‘it’s fraught with danger.’ Read More
Pariser Named to the CIPU Board of Directors
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, USA, January 25, 2021 /EINPresswire.com/ — It was announced today that Jennifer Pariser, VP of Copyright and Legal Affairs of the Motion Picture Association, was named to the CIPU board. She previously lead copyright initiatives at the Recording Industry Association of America and Sony Entertainment, and was active in education outreach.
‘Cannibalistic’ Nature of IP System Discourages Novel Responses to COVID-19 Management
“Living with the Impact of Covid-19,” a CIPU webinar, features executives from U.S. Homeland Security, White House IP Enforcement and the award-winning inventor of “InstaShield”.
“The atmosphere for IP rights is fairly hostile”: how trademark professionals could turn the tide
” CIPU identifies eight groups of IP stakeholders, all of which play an important role in perpetuating positive recognition of branded products or businesses” Read More
Spotlight: Digital Literacy Group Profiles CIPU
“…CIPU supports a variety of audiences with clear, accurate, and positive IP content and messaging.”
New IP Fundamentals Website (IPABC) is Perfect for Beginners; Useful for Pros
“… a basic grounding in intellectual property, how it works and who it benefits, is easier than it looks.”
Teaching respect for IP eventually translates into a willingness to pay for value, says CEO
“Greater IP education should focus on IP rights as a business practice, not just an area of law,” Intertrust CEO, Talal Shamoon, tells IPAS 2020 – Haas School of Business gathering
UK, Swedish and Singapore Groups Participate in CIPU Awareness Events
“… [CIPU events are] impressive gatherings of IP professionals and educators, which are conducted with great energy and sense of purpose.”
China Daily Cites CIPU Research Report on IP Education Among Leading Nations
“Young Minds Focused on IP Education” – Chinese schools help children prepare for an IP world – Article cites CIPU report.
The trouble with patent-troll-hunting
Rules to curb frivolous patent claims may encourage infringement.
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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…