Someone probably owns most of the things you sayBy Janet Nguyen and David BrancaccioFebruary 15, 2018Visual HuntAnd that's a problem for people naming new businesses.POSTED IN: trademarks patents rights Law businesses small businesses ListenreadDownloadDownload
Want to patent your invention? Here's what you need to know.By Peter Balonon-Rosen and Lizzie O'LearyFebruary 03, 2018PAUL J.RICHARDS/AFP/Getty ImagesThe U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is getting six times as many applications as it did in 1980. And then there's the backlog. POSTED IN: business patents u.s. patent and trademark office Economy ListenreadDownloadDownload
To extend a drug patent, one drug company wants to give it to a Native American tribeBy David BrancaccioSeptember 15, 2017Via AllerganThe move could put a damper on business for generic drugs.POSTED IN: native americans drug patents Restasis ListenreadDownloadDownload
The Supreme Court rejects rule banning offensive trademarksBy Adam AllingtonJune 20, 2017Mark Wilson/Getty ImagesSCOTUS says it is unconstitutional to reject trademarks because they use offensive terms like racial slurs.POSTED IN: Supreme Court brands free speech trademarks language patents business ListenreadDownloadDownload
Patent sales can have lots of potential buyersBy Annie BaxterJune 08, 2016OMAR TORRES/AFP/Getty ImagesYahoo seeks buyers for about 3,000 non-core patents.POSTED IN: Yahoo patents patent trolls ListenreadDownloadDownload
Two small TV companies join forcesBy Molly WoodMarch 24, 2016Eric/FlickrTiVo may sell itself to Rovi POSTED IN: TiVo rovi patents ListenreadDownloadDownload
Got an invention? Head to your regional patent office By Lauren SilvermanNovember 30, 2015Lauren SilvermanFighting backlog, the US Patent office hopes regional offices will cut down wait. POSTED IN: patents intellectual property Dallas ListenreadDownloadDownload
Ride the skies ... stacked on top of other peopleBy Kai RyssdalOctober 09, 2015Alexander Hassenstein/Getty ImagesYou can't make this stuff up. POSTED IN: Airlines patents ListenreadDownloadDownload
Blackberry banks on patentsBy Nova SafoSeptember 25, 2015Ethan Miller/Getty ImagesBlackberry issues earnings on Friday. One part of its turnaround efforts: patents.POSTED IN: Blackberry Earnings patents ListenreadDownloadDownload
