I'm the former director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The Nobel winners show strong patent systems directly fuel ...

When an employee conceives of a new innovation, a business is often confronted with a difficult decision — whether to apply for patent protection on the innovation or whether to keep the innovation ...

Competition has sharpened the value of ideas. In many industries, products launch faster, features converge, and ...

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“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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Forget competition — new research says that sharing patents with competitors will be the real factor that drives future innovation. That’s the finding of Gilad Sorek, an assistant visiting professor ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - Why would a cell phone company patent an idea to prevent cell phone usage? Verizon Communications submitted a Patent Application last month, which is entitled System and Method ...

The recent wave of attention to patent litigation has focused on struggles between technology giants, like Apple and Google, but the problems with our patent system, which are profound, are not ...