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Patents are a form of intellectual property (IP), and like other forms of property they can be bought and sold. (They can also be “rented,” in a way, via licensing.) So why might you want to buy a patent? First, it’s important to understand wha… Read More

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) has issued a decision awarding inventive priority to the Broad Institute (Broad), MIT, and Harvard over the University of California (UC), University of Vienna, and Emmanuelle Charpentier on an invention cover… Read More

Intellectual property is a critical part of the research and development strategies of companies across all industries. It is also instrumental in the invention and innovation stages of different products and services, as well as the economic develop… Read More

IAM reports that: Toyota continues to dominate US patent filings for green technologies, while other companies with strong portfolios include General Electric, Panasonic, Hyundai and LG, according to a recent patent analysis. According to Anaqua, the… Read More

The New York Times recently ran an editorial with the headline “Save America’s Patent System.” But why does the Times think that the patent system needs to be “saved”? The editorial board initially focuses on the use (and arguably the abuse… Read More

The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has extended the Expanded Collaborative Search Pilot (CSP) program, originally running from November 2017 through October 2020, for an additional two years. As of March 29, the USPTO, the Japan Patent Office… Read More

As we’ve explained in previous blogs, An NFT is a type of cryptocurrency asset wherein each item, or token, is unique. It is not easily exchangeable for another value or item. An NFT is also a digital certificate of ownership for any designated dig… Read More

Too many businesses make a potentially risky – and expensive – mistake when they fail to secure intellectual property (IP) rights via their contractor agreements. A contractor can be anyone from a high-priced management consultant to someone writ… Read More