Bruce Berman

The Center for Intellectual Property Understanding (USA)

Bruce Berman is Chairman and co-founder of the Center for Intellectual Property Understanding, a nonprofit organization established in 2016 that raises awareness about the impact of IP on people, business and society. CIPU provides outreach to improve IP awareness and promote sharing. It holds events, such as the annual IP Awareness SummitÒ and curates IdeasMatter.com and IPBasics.org, information portals. Bruce produces and hosts for CIPU ‘Understanding IP Matters,’ a top ranked podcast series that has generated more than 15,000 downloads. UIPM provides a platform for leading innovators, experts and business executives. CIPU has more than 25 partners and affiliates.

Bruce is Managing Director of Brody Berman Associates, a management consulting and communications firm that works with innovative businesses of all sizes and investors. Since 1988, Brody Berman has supported 200+ businesses and creators and has provided more than 70 law firms and their clients with litigation and transaction support. 

Bruce is responsible for five books about the business of IP, including From Ideas to Assets. His Intangible Investor column, a regular feature on IPWatchdog, appeared in every issue of IAM magazine from 2003 to 2019. IP CloseUp, a weekly update on trends that he publishes, has generated more than 450,000 views and is read in over 70 countries. He has been named to the IAM Strategy 300: The World’s Leading Strategists every year since 2009.

Bruce has mentored entrepreneurs and students in Kenya, Uganda and Colorado. He holds a master’s degree in cinema studies from Columbia University, where he taught for four years in the graduate program and completed curriculum and comprehensive requirements for the Ph.D.