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 ...

Startups often rush to file patents while their product is still taking shape. The pressure can come from investor expectations or the instinct to claim a patent ...

Imagine that you have developed a groundbreaking electronic product. Your product is going to revolutionize the industry and take the world by storm. You don’t want your competitors to copy the ...

The US now has a first-to-file system, thanks to the America Invents Act. How are different parties reacting? The first-to-file (FTF) regime represents a big change in the statutes and the regulations ...

If you are a new or expanding business, it's normal to find the prospect of building a patent department daunting, especially if hiring a team of in-house patent attorneys seems cost prohibitive.

If you come to a patent attorney with a provisional that you filed pro se or used a cheap online service and ask the attorney to file the utility, you may already be behind the eight ball. You have a ...

MINNEAPOLIS — For entrepreneurs like John Baker and Carla Scholz the first step to starting a new business venture begins with an idea. "This is the Cleanzy Sponge," said Baker, a local entrepreneur. ...

All of the major IT analyst firms that are investigating quantum computing think that the world will start to see quantum applications of significant value within the next 10 years at the most: ...