Five years ago this month, the first “inter partes review” began, a process laid out in the America Invents Act, which was passed in 2011. In a piece of legislation that was timid in its scope, the ...

Patent prosecution is the term used to describe the entire process by which a patent application is examined by a patent office and either granted or rejected — encompassing everything from the ...

A new website called Peer-to-Patent intends to harness the power of online collaboration to streamline patent review. By creating a community around each application, the site facilitates public ...

So you have an idea and want to get a patent? There are a number of things that you need to know about the invention and patent process that can help you focus your efforts and know what obstacles lay ...

Patent prosecution can sometimes seem to be a rather byzantine process to those who are new to the patent system. Truthfully, it can be rather a rather peculiar process for even those who are ...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the constitutionality of a process for challenging low-quality patents. Since its creation in 2011, this “inter partes review” (IPR) process has dramatically ...

Nearly everyone who isn’t a lawyer agrees: intellectual property law is a mess. And the monopolies granted by patent and copyright law have begun to hamper the very innovation they were designed to ...

An underhanded tactic used for some time by shady Amazon sellers has been to file a bogus patent infringement claim against another seller, taking them out of action for several weeks or months while ...

This article was taken from the October 2014 issue of Wired magazine. Be the first to read Wired's articles in print before they're posted online, and get your hands on loads of additional content by ...

Can a product by process patent be converted into a process patent solely by amending the claims Is this a valid way to change claims? According to Section 59 of the Patent Act of 1970, are such ...