I talk to founders every week who tell me patents aren't their priority now. They're focused on building products, shipping them to customers and pitching investors. Many assume IP protection can wait ...

When I began filing patent applications, I thought having a patent would stop others from infringing on my invention. But I learned the hard truth about patents and the patent system by suing one of ...

The fierce battle for the smartphone market, in which more and more users are moving their Internet access and application usage, has resulted in a morass of patent lawsuits, with multitouch gesture ...

Here’s the most important question a company can ask, according to a leading patent attorney: Do we anticipate others will also use this in the future?This question is helpful because it reframes the ...

If your livelihood doesn’t depend on intellectual property, you probably think patent law is dull. Engineers arguing with lawyers about obscure diagrams and technical jargon. Definitely not the stuff ...

Patent budgets are shrinking, expectations are rising, and nobdy seems willing to admit what that combination actually means.

This week on IPWatchdog Unleashed, we enter the patent litigation world for a conversation about gaming patent litigation. For too long, popular sentiment has been that patent owners are bad actors ...

Here are some of the biggest patent myths founders believe — and a practical, startup-friendly IP strategy tied to business growth and fundraising. Many founders delay patents, thinking they are ...