Endorsements

“IPAS is the only IP conference that puts IP awareness and education first. It is through this lens that the carefully curated program is planned and delivered.  True to the mission of its organizers, the Center for IP Understanding (CIPU), every panel, keynote and topic highlight the importance of understanding IP rights and how they benefit IP owners and creators. I am looking forward to this year's conference!”

Efrat Kasznik

"The IP Awareness Summit presents an opportunity for entrepreneurs, investors and IP practitioners to interact and share perspectives on leading edge issues, including AI model training data rights and upcoming global regulatory trends. The IP rights space evolves over time. Understanding these trends can inform the business strategies of all digital and AI-aware companies."

Armando Pauker

"The IP Awareness Summit is a great opportunity to interact with a diverse range of IP stakeholders, not just for IP lawyers. Beyond the professional networking and contacts it generates, the Summit provides attendees with the opportunity to stay up on the relevant IP issues of the day and engage in the public policy discussions so vital to the success of IP and IP rights with many of the people responsible for shaping the IP future." 

Dan Brown

“The IP Awareness Summit hosted by CIPU is a unique and important event. It’s interdisciplinary, primarily non-legal approach to IP rights explores the impact of IP on the world at large, including business, finance, entertainment, government, and education. It fills a major gap in IP awareness. I look forward to attending every year because it helps me stay current, and I meet fascinating, helpful people.”

Madeleine Key

"Year after year, the CIPU and Bruce Berman put together an amazing program with incredible content for the IP Awareness Summit. Bringing together commercial, academic, and policy leaders that span the diverse landscape and viewpoints that make up intellectual property, CIPU helps to advance the depth of IP understanding. It is an event I look forward to attending.”

Erik Johnson

"The IP Awareness Summit stands out for its convening power, mobility, and impact. Bruce Berman brings together innovators, legal experts, and industry leaders to discuss the evolving role of intellectual property in today's global economy at the centers of creativity and commerce around the country.

The Summit’s focus on fostering dialogue about IP's importance sets it apart as an essential gathering for anyone involved in the business of innovation."

Daryl Lim

"IP Awareness means many different things to different people. The IP Awareness Summit address all the different flavors of IP – from patents to copyrights, trademarks and trade secrets, the financial, legal and policy issues are all covered with clarity and an open mind.

IPAS and CIPU do an excellent job of bringing experts from all areas of IP and AI together to put this evolving landscape into perspective."

Albhy Galuten

“CIPU’s ‘IP Awareness Summit’ brings together IP professionals, educators, investors, creators and others to expand an important dialogue. This annual event features wide-ranging and thought-provoking panel discussions and stimulating, patent-focused presentations, including from Manny Schecter, Chief Patent Counsel at IBM, and Andrei Iancu, Director of USPTO.

Most challenging was the critique at the Columbia Journalism School of the patent system presented by Jay Walker, prolific inventor and founder of Priceline.com.”

Ruth Soetendorp

"Thank you Center of Intellectual Property Understanding and Bruce Berman for your work. It truly helps to inform and amplify the importance of IP awareness, knowledge and understanding."

Joyce Ward