Understanding IP Matters
Episodes
Scaling IP Benefits: Tencent, the White House, and AI
03 Mar 2026
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Send a textDanny Marti has navigated IP from the Obama White House to the boardrooms of some of the world's most powerful companies. As President...
Greenhouses for Innovation: Balancing Patent Rights and Public Good with Laura Peter
17 Feb 2026
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Send a textLaura Peters provides rare perspective to intellectual property awareness, having served as Deputy Director at the U.S. Patent and Trademar...
AI and IP Law, A Cautious Embrace
03 Feb 2026
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Send us a textWayne Stacy brings a unique perspective from his role as executive director of Berkeley Center for Law and Technology. From his early da...
Capital Can Transform Invention Rights
13 Jan 2026
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Send us a textWhy do many businesses prefer lawsuits over licensing deals — and what does IP capital mean for innovation?Phil Hartstein, co-founder ...
3-D Chess: AI's Race for Market Share and IP Supremacy
10 Dec 2025
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Send us a textAllison Gaul, senior counsel at BCG-X, an invention development and commercialization company, discusses the evolving AI landscape, wher...
Man of 1000 Faces: The Renaissance Journey of Eric Bear
19 Nov 2025
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Send us a textWhen creativity meets intellectual property, innovation has no boundaries.Eric Bear has licensed intellectual property to all major U.S....
Copyright Piracy Costs America up to $71 Billion: Hollywood Producer Ruth Vitale Speaks Out
05 Nov 2025
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Send us a textRuth Vitale, Oscar-winning producer and CEO of Creative Future, reveals the devastating impact of copyright piracy on America's ent...
AI Adoption Moves At The Speed of Trust
22 Oct 2025
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Send us a textAward-winning educator and IP advocate Daryl Lim joins Bruce Berman to explore the intersection of artificial intelligence and intellect...
Patents Don't Block Innovation, Ignorance Does
08 Oct 2025
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Send us a textJoin host Bruce Berman for an illuminating conversation with Henry Hadad, Head of Intellectual Property Rights at Bristol-Myers Squibb. ...
Celebrated MIT engineer and entrepreneur develops medical devices to treat cancer and other diseases
16 Jul 2025
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Send us a textMichael Cima is a researcher, inventor and entrepreneur who has spent 40-years creating advanced medical devices that focus on diagnosti...
This Fashionista Doesn't Wear Fashion - She Covers It
04 Jun 2025
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Send us a textJulie Zerbo is an editor, lawyer and business analyst who covers the business of fashion, including its evolving use of licensing and IP...
When IP rights lose their property-like function innovation suffers
09 Apr 2025
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Send us a textAuthor Jonathan Barnett argues that tilting the IP playing field to the benefit of the biggest companies is a much greater threat to inn...
AI needs the right balance of innovation and regulation to thrive
19 Mar 2025
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Send us a textBrandie Nonnecke heads the CITRIS Policy Lab, a tech research center at UC Berkeley that focuses on IT and deep tech and explores topica...
"Emmy Award-winning immunologist is re-making the idea of science and technology "
26 Feb 2025
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Send us a textDr. Bertley is a nine-time Emmy Award winning educator who believes that inventions and creative expression are for everyone, from schoo...
"Too much AI regulation threatens competition and jobs," says former USPTO Director
05 Feb 2025
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Send us a textArguably the most successful USPTO Director, Andrei Iancu, worries that fear of an AI apocalyps are over blown and that too much regulat...
"Unreliable U.S. tech patents impede breakthrough innovation"
15 Jan 2025
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Send us a textA leading patent market expert explains how the ennactment of bi-partisan IP legislation before Congress can help inventions to become m...
Ex-war photographer helps remove the mystery from images and content
11 Dec 2024
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Send us a textAdobe, NYT and Twitter-lead initiative uses open source software to track image origination and changes to spot fakes and prevent abuse....
Policy won't save U.S. innovation; respect for property rights can
20 Nov 2024
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Send us a textIP's leading historian and policy expert says the U.S. is undermining the model innovation rights system that it layed the foundati...
Singer-songwriter says AI could turn content providers into an endangered species
04 Nov 2024
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Send us a textBoundary-breaking indie songwriter and cultural critic, Elizabeth Nelson, says streaming and AI threaten working musicians and hurt list...
Beyond ‘Shark Tank’ – How This Entrepreneur Overcame a Sea of Obstacles
23 Oct 2024
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Send us a textBullies couldn't stop Akeem, nor clinical depression. He gets his strength from connecting with people. Snoop Dogg called him a mar...
NYC's #1 inventor shares his secret for working smarter
09 Oct 2024
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Send us a textJames started out as a math whiz, who loved games and calculating risk. That led him to problem-solving and 780 U.S. patents.
How AI + IP are making an impact on early cancer detection
08 May 2024
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Send us a text"Once the 'human' education of an AI-driven device is completed, the machine will learn on its own," says Dr. Alan...
Create, invent, track: Managing digital rights for IP and AI value
20 Mar 2024
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Send us a textMulti-Grammy Award winner, inventor and CEO of Intertrust Technologies use innovative technology to authenticate and track content and I...
IP and AI: Lessons for students, businesses and governments
06 Mar 2024
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Send us a textTwo leading educators address gaps in IP understanding and the need for more and better IP awareness among all students.
AI Beyond ChatGPT: How a healthcare investor and INDYCAR engineer are taming big data
21 Feb 2024
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The mysteries of design patents - Preventing abuse before it happens
07 Feb 2024
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Send us a textDesign patents are less patents than trademarks with copyright qualities. Their importance has grown not only because of the distinctive...
Special Guest: Tech pioneer Marshall Phelps, who established IP businesses at Microsoft and IBM
13 Dec 2023
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Piracy or Policy? Maintaining U.S. Technology Leadership in the Digital Age
29 Nov 2023
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Send us a textU.S. tech leadership is slipping away. Uncertain and easily infringed IP rights are a major reason. How can the nation get back its cr...
Infuencer - Educator is Attracting Diverse Audiences to IP Awareness and Ethics
20 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textDigitalization and, now, A.I. have changed our see of the world. Prof Casey offers a fresh perspective on copyright, ethics and IP aware...
Making Innovation Pay — Ex- Microsoft and IBM IP Heads Talk About Return on Investment
01 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textOnce an income generator for large companies and independent inventors alike, patent licensing has fallen victim to over-correction. Its...
Tech Partnerships - From Government to University to Consumer
18 Oct 2023
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Send us a textAfter more than 40 years of successful public-privtate partnerships, universities and businesses are still fighting to maintain the oppo...
AI Bots, Creators and Copyright – Learning to Live Together
31 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textTool or weapon? Generative AI has recently opened a new world of opportunity and danger. For creators, consumers and society using AI qu...
IP in the Classroom: What Entrepreneurs and Students Need to Learn Today
12 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textTeaching intellectual property rights is no easy feat. Teaching about them meaningfully to students, entrepreneurs, business majors and ...
IP Investing - What is it? Who does it? Why it matters?
01 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textInvesting today means taking a stake in company-defining rights, like patents, copyright and trademarks. Technology and product investor...
Inventor and author Arlyne Simon wants to change the world - and how children view it
11 Jan 2023
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Send us a textInventor, author and entrepreneur Arlyne Simon says creative problem solving should be the foundation for every child's education. ...
Rising to the China Challenge - Why the U.S. must capture IP value, not just create it
07 Dec 2022
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Send us a textU.S. innovation the foundation of its history and success. To compete successfully in today's global economy two experts – one, t...
Embracing Open Innovation: The Business of Licensing With or Without Patents
16 Nov 2022
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Send us a textStephen Key is a unique inventor and entrepreneur. He is also an licensing educator with thousands of students in more than 65 countries...
Rock On – ‘Cracker’ Lead Singer Advocates for Musicians and Creators
02 Nov 2022
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Send us a textSongwriter and copyright activist, David Lowery, led a class action against Spotify for failure to pay songwriters and publishers fairly...
Beyond the Headlines: Two Veteran Reporters Confront IP Media Coverage
19 Oct 2022
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Send us a textTwo veteran IP journalists look at coverage of patent and other IP disputes and legislation. Are reporters sufficiently informed to writ...
Investor View: Why Market Leaders Want to Kill Creative Destruction
06 Oct 2022
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Send us a textSome technology companies embrace inventions and patents but other just stockpile them, more out of fear for how they may disrupt their ...
The Secret is Out – Trade Secrets are Driving Competitive Advantage
21 Sep 2022
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Send us a textNational Science Foundation research shows that many R&D-oriented companies believe that trade secrets are more important than paten...
Crypto and NFTs: Creators’ rights at the crossroads
30 Mar 2022
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Send us a textSam Ewen, head of CoinDesk Studios, discusses the various intersections of brand and virtual property in the digital age.
Preparing Students To Compete in a Digital World
16 Mar 2022
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Send us a textSpinal surgeon and inventor, Gary Michelson, has generated 992 patents. The billionaire philanthropist is devoting his time and portion ...
‘Storytelling is critical – it defines everything’
14 Feb 2022
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Send us a textAs a 27-year old Tiffany Norwood did something no other entrepreneur or inventor had accomplished: she raised $670 million dollars to fu...
The High Cost of ‘Free’ Content
24 Jan 2022
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Send us a textFilm producer, Wall Street dealmaker and ex-Bob Dylan tour manager Jonathan Taplin says we need to treat content and content creators be...
The Biggest Retailer Was No Match for This Entrepreneur
06 Jan 2022
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Send us a textAward-winning inventor Dan Brown on how his successful ‘Bionic Wrench’ was knocked off by the largest U.S. retailer and the patent b...
The Hidden Value of IP Understanding
06 Dec 2021
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Send us a textChief Innovation Officer Brian Hinman explains the importance of linking invention goals to business strategy, and what it means for inv...
‘The ‘Perception’ Premium: How IP understanding promotes value’
19 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThis podcast features the last of four panels from the 2021 IP Awareness Summit, held with Northwestern Kellogg School of Management. Th...
‘How can schools better teach students about intellectual property?’
12 Jul 2021
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Send us a textThis podcast features the third of four panels from the 2021 IP Awareness Summit, held in conjunction with the Kellogg School of Managem...
'What does China’s IP rights explosion mean for innovation?'
07 Jul 2021
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Send us a textThis podcast features the second of four panels from the 2021 IP Awareness Summit.The panel of IP experts looks at how in less than two ...
‘Does the IP system effectively promote diversity and entrepreneurship?
28 Jun 2021
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Send us a textThis podcast features the first of four panels from the 2021 IP Awareness Summit, a webinar event held with Northwestern Kellogg School ...
Part II ‘Living with the Impact of Covid-19: Developing Work-Life Solutions'
27 Dec 2020
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Send us a textThis podcast is part two of “Living with the Impact of Covid-19.” It looks at the role of IP rights in developing work-life solution...
Part I ‘Living with the Impact of Covid-19: Identifying Work-Life Solutions’
21 Dec 2020
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Send us a textThis podcast is part one of “Living with the Impact of Covid-19.” It looks at the role of IP rights in identifying work-life solutio...