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 ...

<a href="http://www.inovia.com"><u>inovia</u></a> provides a complete guide to filing patent applications using the PCT An overview of the PCT national stage entry ...

ALEXANDRIA, Va.--The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office plans to overhaul its oft-maligned electronic patent filing process, starting with beta testing of a new, Web-based system in December and going ...

The shift in patent law from First-to-Invent to First-to-File came about over a decade ago, but still leaves many inventors scratching their heads. Is First-to-File really as simple as “first come, ...

In 2006, Research in Motion, the maker of the once-ubiquitous BlackBerry device, had to pay $612.5 million to a patent holding company, NTP. Also known as “patent trolls,” these are people or ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. You have an invention idea, and you’d like to protect it. But when is the right time to patent and how do you find the right person to ...

While trade secrets provide several noteworthy advantages over patents, trademarks, and copyrights, establishing and ...

Most patent portfolios are overbuilt and under-managed. That is not a criticism of any particular company or patent ...

“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, ...