Nonprofit focused on facilitating clarity about IP rights and their impact today. Creators, owners, investors and entrepreneurs welcome; lawyers, too.
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May 20
🎙 S5 EP11 | Character licensing is a $370B industry… and most people don’t even realize they interact with it daily.
New episode with David Bourne on how brands use iconic IP to drive emotional connection, sales & brand recognition.
#Licensing #IP
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Apr 28
CIPU’s 9th IP Awareness Summit may have been the most relevant yet.
AI IP is happening now—and it’s reshaping industries, from creators to policymakers.
🎥 Follow us on YouTube for event highlights
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#IPAS2026 #AI #IPrights
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Apr 23
🚨 It’s TODAY!
The IP Awareness Summit 2026 is bringing together innovators, creators, and industry leaders to talk all things intellectual property.
Can’t make it in person? We’ve got you covered 👇
🎥 Watch the livestream: youtube.com/live/gExjd4K2b7Y
#IPAS2026 #IP #Innovation
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Apr 9
AI is changing everything… but at what cost to creativity and ownership? 🤖💡
Join IP Awareness Summit on April 23 in Columbus.
🎤 25 experts
🏆 Award-winning speakers
⚡ Limited spots
Register: ipawarenesssummit.com
#AI #IP #Innovation
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Apr 2
🎙EP 10
In our latest episode, Ian McClure explains how the University of Kentucky is leading a $200M AI strategy—and why IP is the foundation of innovation.
Key stat: startup spinouts → 50% more local impact than publishing.
🎧 music.youtube.com/watch?v=I2…
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Mar 30
It's no mystery that the largest companies hold the highest intangible asset market value (IAMV) - but 98%? Check out these findings in CIPU research: ipwatchdog.com/2026/03/30/ni…
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Mar 12
S5 EP9 🔥🎙️
Danny Marti—former White House IP Czar and now Global Policy leader at Tencent—shares insights on:
• Reducing music piracy from 97% → 2–3%
• Global IP enforcement
• AI patents and innovation strategy
#IP #AI #Innovation
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Feb 19
I📢 New episode!
Patents aren’t barriers — they fuel innovation 🌱
Laura Peter on balancing IP rights & the public good. 🎧
#IP #Innovation #Podcast youtu.be/gSi7MN17Gqw?si=060T…
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Feb 7
🎙🔥 New episode! Wayne Stacy joins Understanding IP Matters to discuss how AI is transforming legal practice, education, and the skills future lawyers will need. Tune in now! #AI #IP #Law
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Feb 2
CIPU is completing an incredible lineup of panels, speakers and breakouts for the 2026 IP Awareness Summit. Earlybird registration is still available. ipcloseup.com/2026/01/21/202…
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Jan 20
🎙🔥 Why do businesses often fight lawsuits instead of negotiating licensing deals? 🎙️ New EP explores how capital reshapes invention rights. youtu.be/w5Sf5dfUIg8?si=ouuB… via @YouTube
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Jan 19
Matthew McConaughey trademarks likenesses to protect against AI share.google/6aJe9gLA8hc0uNN…
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12 Dec 2025
AI isn’t a race… it’s 3D chess.
Big players are fighting for market share — and IP is the queen on the board.
🧠♟️ New episode out now.
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24 Nov 2025
🎙🔥S5 EPS4
🚀 From Hollywood to high-tech patents — Eric Bear’s journey is wild.
Watch the Short 👉 youtube.com/shorts/PbXwLdYHO…
#UnderstandingIPMatters
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5 Nov 2025
Stealing my movie isn’t freedom of speech.” 🎥
Piracy costs up to $71 B/year and 560 K jobs in U.S. film & TV alone.
Tune in with Ruth Vitale for why creators & small businesses must protect their IP.
🎥🎙Watch on YT: youtube.com/watch?v=vyPdOaee…
#IP #Copyright #Entrepreneurs
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22 Oct 2025
AI IP are evolving together 🌐💡
Award-winning educator Daryl Lim @lawlancer joins Bruce Berman to explore billion-dollar settlements, blockchain patents, and equitable IP access for creators.
🎧 Watch or listen: youtu.be/Hk4avdppH0s
#AI #IntellectualProperty #IPAwareness
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22 Oct 2025
📢 Announcement: The 2026 IP Awareness Summit will take place on April 23 at the nation’s #1 Center of Science and Industry (COSI)! 🧠✨
Join leaders and innovators to explore the future of IP, AI, and the creator economy.
👉 Read more: ipcloseup.com/2025/10/21/202…
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30 Sep 2025
How will AI reshape IP practice? 🔐 Join the webinar on Oct 9 @ 11 AM ET to explore transformative use cases, streamline workflows, and drive competitive advantage in the IP space.
Register here: ipwatchdog.com/anaqua-octobe…
#IP #AI #Webinar
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21 Aug 2025
Season 4 of “Understanding IP Matters” was our most popular yet 🎙️ Featuring a MIT med-tech inventor, cancer researcher, AI reg expert, fashion IP-watcher, Emmy-winning immunologist, Shark Tank alum & more.
Catch up here: buzzsprout.com/1537696
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13 Aug 2025
“With the playing field leveling somewhat for the most successful creators, music labels, movie studios, tech companies, et al. should not fear agreements that yield eventual control. They will become inevitable.”
Read the story in IPWatchdog. tinyurl.com/58ha9z9b
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14 Aug 2025
George Lucas founded Lucasfilm through which he released Star Wars and was able to retain its IP until selling the company to Disney.
Peter Jackson funded the development for District 9 and the independent sales deals allowed him to retain ownership of the rights.
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