A veteran venture capitalist and technology investor is calling for Congress to revise the patent laws and for companies to step up and embrace their
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Lawyer aspires to copyright all possible melodies for the public domain – Not Everyone is Singing his Tune
Is it possible to copyright every possible melody? A lawyer says he has and that it is good for musicians and the music industry. Not
Inventor in Oscar-Winning doc: “Students should learn the significance of patents and IP Rights”
Top-Fifty member of the Fortune’s “World’s Greatest Leaders,” Arunachalam Muruganantham, inventor of an inexpensive machine that make sanitary pads for women, says students need to
U.S. Advances in Patents Category but still Trails Four Nations in 2020 U.S. Chamber Intl IP Index
While the U.S. still remains the top nation overall for intellectual property rights, lags behind Singapore, Japan, South Korea and Switzerland in the category Patents,
Coronavirus Fallout: China’s Patent Grab Frightens U.S. Pharma Companies
An attempt to patent a medicine already patented in the U.S. and elsewhere, and currently being developed by U.S. drugmaker Gilead Sciences, raises serious intellectual
Apple is granted patent on invention that eliminates driver ‘blind spots’; auto market entry speculated
Apple Inc. was recently granted a patent on an invention designed to eliminate driver blind spots. At least one publication reported that it could signal
Intellectual Property Scholar and Educator, Adam Mossoff, is Named to the CIPU Board of Directors
Leading legal expert and proponent of patent quality and IP rights, Adam Mossoff, has been named to the board of directors of the Center for
US-China IP Exchange & Development Foundation Established to share information and unite owners
The U.S.-China Intellectual Property Exchange and Development Foundation (UCIPF) was announced recently with the mission “to facilitate cooperation between IP professionals of the world’s two
Visits to IP CloseUp in 2019 top 30,000 for fourth year in a row; multi-year total is 240,000.
Visits to IP CloseUp in 2019 were up 7% over 2018 to 32,521. Total visitors over the past six years grew to over 240,000. The
China is seeking to place Wang Binying as Dir General of the World Intellectual Property Organization
Beijing hopes place the next Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the leading association for establishing global standards for the protection IP.
Driven to succeed: IP Educators are breaking down barriers for students of all ages
A series of short articles has been published featuring the experience of IP enthusiasts who have been inspired, or driven, to come up with creative
Surgeon, inventor and philanthropist, Gary Michelson, to keynote the 2020 IP Awareness Summit
An orthopedic surgeon and one of medicine’s most successful inventors, Gary K. Michelson will deliver a keynote at the third Intellectual Property Awareness Summit on
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