Understanding IP is for everyone What intellectual property rights achieve and for whom is a mystery to most people.

The Center for Intellectual Property Understanding (CIPU) is an independent non-profi t dedicated to increasing awareness of the purpose of patents, copyrights and trademarks and their impact on peoples’ lives.

Established in 2016, CIPU holds events, provides outreach, conducts research and partners with businesses and organizations to convey accurate information and discourage abusive IP behavior.

CIPU provides an education framework for understanding how IP rights facilitate new ideas, promote healthy competition and enhance lives.

IP literacy matters Informed audiences are more inclined to respect IP rights and encourage others to. Understanding IP’s impact is for everyone — it is something that everyone can and should understand.

“ CIPU engages with industry, schools and other organizations, to convey the benefi ts of acknowledging IP rights and the impact of failing to.”

— Brian Hinman (Aon IP Solutions; ex- Philips, Verizon, InterDigital, IBM)

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Board of DirectorsMarshall Phelps

(ex-VP IP Microsoft, IBM; IP HOF)

Keith Bergelt (CEO, Open Invention Network; Motorola)

Brian Hinman (Aon IP Solutions; ex-Philips, Verizon,

InterDigital, IBM)

Manny Schecter (Chief Patent Counsel, IBM)

Harry Gwinnell (VP IP, Cargill, ret.)

Bruce Berman (CIPU founder & chairman; IP

communications expert; author and editor

Advisory BoardJames Pooley

(Deputy Director, WIPO, ret.)

Judge Paul R. Michel (Chief Judge Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, ret.)

IPERC Advisory Board David Teece

(UC Berkeley; Tusher Center)

James Conley (Kellogg School of Management; inventor)

Mickie Piatt (Chicago-Kent School of Law, IIT)

David Lowery (lead singer, Cracker; copyright advocate)

Shakeen Lakhan (Medical Director, Sage Therapeutics)

Phil Kim (President, Michelson Institute for IP)

Ruth Soetendorp (IP educator, UK)

Tejas Shah (patent attorney & analyst)

Supporters & PartnersAon IP Solutions

Allied Security TrustAT&T IP

Berkeley Research GroupBrody Berman Associates

Center for the Protection of IP (George Mason School of Law)Chicago-Kent College of Law

Chicago IP Alliance (owners & law firms)Clarivate Analytics

Columbia Technology VenturesDominion Harbor Group

Farrington GroupFinnegan

Global Innovation Policy Center (U.S. Chamber of Commerce)

IBMIdeas Matter

Illinois Institute of TechnologyINTA

Inventors DigestIP.Com

IP CloseUpIP Owners Education Foundation

IPPro PatentsKellogg School of Business,

NorthwesternLOT Network

Michelson Institute for IPMicrosoft

Open Invention NetworkPhilips

Scully Scott Murphy & PresserThe Tusher Center for the

Management of Intangible AssetsUC Berkeley Hass Business School

VentureWell

CIPU Key AccomplishmentsEvents

• “ IP Awareness Summit” (IPAS) 2017 (Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology)

• “Innovation Policy and IP” briefing (Washington, Global IP Center, US Chamber of Commerce)

• “IPAS 2018” (New York, Columbia University)

Reports

• The State of IP Education: Seven Leading Nations

• Patterns in Media Coverage of Patent Disputes

• Short Video: “A Basic Awareness of IP Literacy”

IP Education Resource Center (IPERC)

• Organize, manage and facilitate access to global IP education activities, materials and events

• Participate in establishing minimum IP awareness standards

Outreach

• Facilitate on LinkedIn “IP Awareness Group” (135+ members)

• CIPU Twitter presence (550+ followers)

• Monitor IP-ed news and trends in the US, Europe & Asia

• Public speaking, media visibility, articles

• In development: Criteria for annual awards for outstanding contributions to IP understanding

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