Kintera, a company in San Diego that leases software that helps nonprofit organizations raise money online, has submitted 13 patent applications to the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The ...

As covered in our prior alert, the USPTO’s new pre-order paper procedure allows a patent owner to file a 30-page paper within ...

When it comes to intellectual property, “patents” might spring to mind. A good patent can give startups a competitive edge, and once you’ve been granted one, nobody can come and mess with your ...

Ever since the term "artificial intelligence" (AI) was first coined by John McCarthy in 1956, the field has experienced long periods in which the hype around AI's potential far exceeded its ability to ...

In standard essential patent disputes that spread across multiple forums, anti-suit injunctions and similar cross-border ...

In an earlier article on patent claim drafting I discussed what you must do before you ever think about writing patent claims. See A prelude to patent claim drafting. Today we pick up from there to ...

“The question is no longer whether AI will be used in patent practice… The question is whether it will be used casually or professionally.” Artificial intelligence is no longer a futuristic talking ...

As famously explained by Clayton Christensen in The Innovator’s Dilemma, innovation disrupts an industry first by offering a simple and affordable alternative, with initially inferior quality and then ...

Last month, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued its 10 millionth patent. But are all of these patents helping society? The American patent system was designed initially to stimulate innovation ...