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From Concept to License: The Journey of Copyright in the Digital Age

The Digital Revolution has transformed the way creative works are produced, distributed, and consumed. For creators and owners of intellectual property, this brave new world brings both exciting opportunities and complex challenges when it comes to protecting and profiting from their creations. As an intellectual property consultant specializing in valuation and licensing of intangible assets, […]
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The Art and Science of IP Valuation: Strategies for Success

In today’s knowledge-based economy, intellectual property (IP) has become a crucial asset for businesses across industries. But determining the monetary value of IP requires blending together science and creativity. It requires the best IP valuation firm to determine accurate values of intangible assets. This is essential for strategic business planning, investment decisions, licensing deals and […]
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Value Implications for AI-Derived Works

Last month, the U.S. Copyright Office revoked copyright protection for AI-generated images used by Kris Kashtanova in their comic book Zarya of the Dawn. The Copyright Office claims that upon review, the fact that the images were not made by a human renders them inadmissible for copyright protection. Yet, despite revocation of the copyrights to […]
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Is Intellectual Property Being Used to Break Up Unions?

In the wake of the pandemic, organized labor has grabbed headlines. Workers at high profile companies such as Starbucks, Amazon, and Chipotle have attempted (with varying degrees of success) to unionize over the past two years. The National Labor Relations Board, in its 2022 semi-annual report covering October 2021 through March 2022, revealed that union […]
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Repost: INTA Features

NFTs, Brands and the Metaverse – Coauthored by Weston Anson NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, were one of the biggest digital trends of 2021. They continue to shake up the entire intellectual property (IP) community as more brand owners attempt to understand how to use them and the metaverse to engage their customers. An NFT is […]
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ABA – IPL Fall Conference Interview Series: Weston Anson

Weston Anson, Chairman of CONSOR IP Experts, recently participated as a keynote speaker for the ABA – IP Law Fall 2021 Conference. Ahead of the conference, Mr. Anson was interviewed by two law students, Bernell J. Alexander III and John Pierce, on the topic of NFTs and the role they will play in the courts […]
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The Resilience of Copyrights

The experts at CONSOR have integrated data from the most reputable sources in the intellectual property industry to bring together four decades of royalty rate metrics. The accompanying graph combines sources such as Royalty Stat, Licensing Executives Society, Licensing International, Licensing Economics Review, and CONSOR’s own proprietary database to serve as a reliable and informative […]
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Texas Froze: Necessity is the Mother of Invention

Over the past week large parts of the country have been devastated by an unprecedented cold front. In Texas, Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio all faced single digit temperatures, the lowest reached in 30 years.[1] At the same time, power grid failures left millions without electricity.[2] ERCOT, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, which controls approximately […]
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Shift in Coffee Consumption Trends

Coffee is a primary driver of worker productivity. However, in wake of COVID-19 and work from home ordinances, many individuals were cut off from their daily caffeinated beverage of choice at the office. As individuals working from home seek their daily dose of coffee to boost productivity, we expect to see an increase in demand […]
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