Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. As I sat at my kitchen table excitedly sketching what I envisioned as the product I was looking for, but couldn’t find, I thought about ...

If you want to make money from your ideas, you have to be pragmatic. First, you need to realize that the odds are against you — and thus, you will need to fight to be paid for your creativity. Is this ...

WeatherWise USA CEO Rand Warsaw discusses his patent case, which is being heard by the Supreme Court, at his Pittsburgh officesKeith Srakocic / AP It all started in 1997 when a little-known company ...

Wondered if someone's already come up with an idea? Search it out with Patents.com, a search engine and marketplace for intellectual property. Josh Lowensohn joined CNET in 2006 and now covers Apple.

Think patents are just legal jargon or a guaranteed payday? Discover the surprising truths behind common U.S. patent myths and what you really need to know before you file. When people hear the word ...

From software patents to product trademarks, we have the experience to protect your valuable ideas,” added Mr. Goldstein. The law firm encourages individuals interested in reading the full article to ...

Startups often have a great idea but there is plenty they should know before beginning the US patent process, says Reed Risenmay of Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch. I love it when people ask me what I ...

In June 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank Int'l, establishing a now-infamous two-step, judicially-imposed test for patent subject-matter eligibility that narrowed the ...

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court’s dismissal of a patent infringement suit, holding that the asserted web conferencing claims were directed to an abstract idea ...