If you think your trademark or patent rights may be getting violated, it’s easy to go straight into reaction mode. That’s understandable. Your intellectual property may represent years of work, ...

Patents do expire, but smart companies do not rely on a single filing to stay protected. Here's what you need to know.

Since its founding, America has embraced and protected innovation and creativity. And it has proved to be a major economic advantage. But despite this, American patent rights are increasingly under ...

Is the New Law a Panacea or Pandora’s Box? The ability of inventors to secure limited monopolies on their technologies through patent protection partly fuels the progress of scientific discovery. This ...

Non-diluting capital can be an essential source of funding when trying to get your innovation off the ground. Investor money comes with the loss of equity and/or control. Family and friends’ money may ...

The RESTORE Patent Rights Act would redress serious legal and economic ills created by the Supreme Court in its 2006 eBay v. MercExchange decision and its mistaken interpretation of the patent laws ...

Supplement in print: Order print copies of the law in academe supplements from May 2005 and June 2004 Most scholars must produce timely research results -- otherwise they could lose financial support ...

When it comes to intellectual property, “patents” might spring to mind. A good patent can give startups a competitive edge, and once you’ve been granted one, nobody can come and mess with your ...