If your business is in the business of innovating, it is essential that you protect new products by taking out a patent. Patents are granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to ...

For many manufacturers, their most valuable IP is not something they could or even should patent but rather is the accumulated knowledge of how to run their operations better than anyone else.

“The tension between patents and trade dress protection is most evident when the alleged trade dress (or aspects thereof) has been disclosed in a utility patent.” Patents and trademarks protect ...

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An arms race in patents. A surge in high-cost patent litigation. And the emergence of unscrupulous patent trolls who use the threat of lawsuits to extort nuisance settlements. These are the costly ...

It’s common that a company’s competitors release a patented product that will have a significant impact on the competitive landscape. It happens often enough that companies need to know what options ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Patriot Scientific Corp. had spent nearly a decade trying unsuccessfully to establish a new microprocessor architecture when it decided it needed to do some soul-searching. It hit ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Joshua Cohen is a Boston-based writer who covers health policy. The Federal Trade Commission and Congress are ramping up efforts ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. When I came up with the idea for a new rotating label technology, I had a hunch it was powerful enough that someone might try to steal it ...