Understanding IP Matters – Details, episodes & analysis

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"Once the 'human' education of an AI-driven device is completed, the machine will learn on its own," says  Dr. Alan C. Nelson, cancer diagnostics developer with 142 patents and 30 years AI experience. "It becomes way smarter and quicker-thinking than the teacher." 

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Multi-Grammy Award winner, inventor and CEO of Intertrust Technologies use innovative technology to authenticate and track content and IP. More creative expression means faster speed, greater value and digital management challenges. Keeping up will never be the same. 

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Tool or weapon? Generative AI has recently opened a new world of opportunity and danger. For creators, consumers and society using AI queries fairly is no simple matter.

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Teaching intellectual property rights is no easy feat. Teaching about them meaningfully to students, entrepreneurs, business majors and others is a challenge. Join ‘Understanding IP Matters’ for a special episode, featuring two IP education champions, one an inventor, with decades of experience teaching IP to a range of students and creators and a load of suggestions. 

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Investing today means taking a stake in company-defining rights, like patents, copyright and trademarks. Technology and product investors are IP investors - even if many do not realize it. Who are they? How do they measure success? What do they mean to innovation?

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Inventor, author and entrepreneur Arlyne Simon says creative problem solving should be the foundation for every child's education. The earlier the better. The Intel Corporation biomedical engineer believes failure is a part of every invention's success, and that we need to learn how to fail to succeed.

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U.S. innovation the foundation of its history and success. To compete successfully in today's global economy two experts – one, the most cited business scholar - suggest that the nation will need to do a better job on innovation policy and value capture. The fate of the U.S. hangs in the balance.

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Stephen Key is a unique inventor and entrepreneur. He is also an licensing educator with thousands of students in more than 65 countries. His approach targets companies with an “open innovation” platform. These businesses, Key says, are hungry for new ideas and how to build and market them, whether they are patented or not. His product endorsers have included celebrities from Michael Jordan to Taylor Swift.  

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Songwriter and copyright activist, David Lowery, led a class action against Spotify for failure to pay songwriters and publishers fairly. He won a $43 million settlement. Copyright is not only about creator survival, it is about who gets to determine what is creative and what and how the market values it. 

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Two veteran IP journalists look at coverage of patent and other IP disputes and legislation. Are reporters sufficiently informed to write about IP developments? Can their sources and the publications they work unwittingly impede the accuracy of their coverage?