Since its creation more than 200 years ago, the U.S. patent system has played an important role in stimulating technological innovation by providing legal protection to inventions of every description ...

WASHINGTON--After years of failed attempts at revamping what the high-tech industry decries as a broken U.S. patent system, a key House of Representatives panel is gearing up for yet another try. At ...

When I began filing patent applications, I thought having a patent would stop others from infringing on my invention. But I learned the hard truth about patents and the patent system by suing one of ...

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 ...

“Since it is the practice of some large companies to abandon applications or issued patents – sometimes in large numbers – before the first maintenance fee comes due, under the current fee schedule, ...

“Perhaps a ground-up rethink of the U.S. patent system should be considered or maybe it is possible to fix many of these issues with a few tweaks. I am not sure, but it is important that it doesn’t ...

Historically, patents have helped level the playing field for independent inventors. Today, that’s become significantly more difficult. As Drew Johnson, former national director of Protect Internet ...