The key to making money from an invention is assessing your idea from a business perspective first — not after your patent issues. Is a patent only as “good” as your ability to defend it? Many people, ...

Filing for a patent is like planting your flag on your idea, giving you a legal shield that prevents anyone from copying your ...

Hello everyone. Well I'm writing here asking for help. You see, I'm kinda tired of having these ideas for electronic gadgets and devices just to see other guy having the same idea years later and ...

When there is intellectual property to protect, entrepreneurs often think of patents. But what is a patent? How do you obtain a patent? What does the process entail and cost? This article explores ...

Entrepreneurs tend to have a lot of things that they want to patent, trademark, or copyright. That means going through some government bureaucracy to get things done. Is it exasperating? Yes.

“It is quite likely that you, the reader, have infringed a patent today,” reads the first line of professor Janet Freilich’s recent article in the Virginia Law Review. The millions of patents active ...

I've written up a business proposal, complete with market research, economic model for fees/profits and the technical details of its operation. The idea also could benefit from (and should probably ...

“It is astonishing that a patent examiner would take to a public forum, disclose information relating to the application on which they are working, and confess to not wanting to issue a patent based ...

Coloradans are inventive: the state ranks in the top 10 for patents filed per capita. It’s also home to a regional US Patent and Trademark Office, one of only four outside the Washington, DC area. The ...

Cyclingnews speaks to a patent attorney and some of the bike industry's biggest brands to learn more about the complex world of patents When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...