A patent on a design or product means you or your business can prevent others from making, selling or using the idea. For the most part, the patents granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office are ...

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 ...

“There is a strong correlation between the value of a patent and the likelihood that the technology it describes is instantiated in real-world commercial products.” An important part of any patent ...

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 ...

King Solomon reportedly said, "there is nothing new under the sun," but the United States Patent Office takes another view: If something is new enough according to their criteria, that something is ...

“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 ...

Today’s consumer products companies have a wealth of competitive issues to face in managing their businesses in a global economy. Given these challenges, it is not surprising that addressing issues ...

The Federal Trade Commission has challenged the validity of over 100 drug product patents, focusing on devices used to deliver medicines, like inhalers and autoinjectors, in an effort to increase ...