About
Published by Bernstein, Insights helps innovators, creatives and the IP professionals who advise them understand how to document, protect and make use of intellectual property. Our focus is the role of evidence: how records of creative and technical work are created, preserved, verified and used in collaborations, business decisions and disputes.
We bring together perspectives, practical answers, research and resources that help readers connect these ideas to their own work. The aim is to make a complex subject easier to understand and act on, whether or not the right approach involves Bernstein.
Contributors
Insights brings together people with experience in intellectual property, creative and technical work, and digital evidence. Contributors can write an article, explain a concept, share a practical example, review a subject within their expertise or help develop a useful resource.
Evidence for intellectual property is the common thread. We also welcome adjacent subjects when they help readers understand the issues or apply what they have learned. A contribution should offer a clear insight, a useful explanation or experience others can learn from.
Contributor profiles describe each person’s background, affiliations and contributions. You do not need a finished manuscript to get in touch: a proposed topic and a short explanation of your experience are enough to start a conversation.
Meet the contributors or propose a contribution.
What you will find
- Read: articles offering opinions, analysis and examples of how intellectual property and evidence work in practice.
- Learn: focused answers to questions about evidence for IP, organised around practical situations and core concepts.
- Research: in-depth papers and selected court cases that help readers examine a subject more closely.
- Tools: checklists, worksheets, templates, trackers and decision aids designed to help readers apply that knowledge.
Learn and Tools share five situations: creating and updating records, sharing and collaborating, proving use and ownership, preparing for due diligence, and preparing for a dispute.
Editorial policy
- Usefulness comes first. We address questions relevant to innovators, creatives and their advisers, including approaches that do not involve Bernstein.
- Distinguish explanation from opinion. Articles identify their format. Answers explain a focused question; papers develop a longer argument; case notes describe selected decisions in context. We do not aim to maintain a comprehensive case-law database.
- Make sources inspectable. We favour original research, legislation, judgments and technical standards where available. Relevant secondary sources can provide context. We distinguish what a source establishes from our interpretation and explain material limitations.
- Be clear about scope. Jurisdiction, assumptions and uncertainty matter. Practical resources support a task; they do not promise completeness or replace advice on a particular matter.
- Keep editorial responsibility with people. AI tools may assist research and drafting, but their output is not a source. Sources and factual claims must be checked, and the editor approves content before publication. A specialist review is identified when one has taken place; we do not imply that all content has been independently reviewed.
- Disclose relevant interests. Bernstein publishes and funds the site. Contributors should disclose affiliations or interests relevant to their contributions. Publisher-specific guidance is clearly labelled, and product capabilities are distinguished from general explanations.
How it is funded
Insights is published and funded by IP LEVERAGED SAS, the company behind Bernstein. Bernstein has worked on intellectual property protection since 2016. The site carries no advertising.
Corrections
We correct errors openly. A correction is recorded here with its date, the page it concerns and what changed, rather than edited silently. To suggest one, use Suggest a correction at the end of an article, answer or paper. For a case note, use the case suggestion form linked from the page.
No corrections have been recorded yet.
Contact
Email insights@bernstein.io.