Researchers have deployed machine-learning techniques to analyze patents for products made from animal parts, in an effort to identify trends in the wildlife trade. The team analyzed patents filed ...

Too many entrepreneurs treat filing a patent as a milestone in itself—proof that their invention matters. But filing a patent too early, or without a clear business strategy, can create serious ...

A Senate committee approved a bipartisan bill Nov. 21 to help small businesses protect their patents from predatory, giant corporations. With the bill now up for a floor vote, lawmakers should do ...

Patents tend to get a lot of hate these days, mostly because the patent office is prone to approving some strangely basic ideas. That can cause headaches for everyone down the line. But researchers ...

“The factors driving perception that patents have lost their value are certainly relevant and have had a substantial impact on patent litigation [but] none of these factors, alone or in combination, ...

A consistent, strong correlation, if not a causal relationship, exists between property rights in inventions (patents) and growing innovation economies and flourishing societies. This is not ...