Building a Business
This Innovative Cap Helps Chemotherapy Patients Keep More Hair
The FDA approved the DigniCap for use in the U.S. this week.
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Building a Business
Protecting an Idea Is Easy. Selling an Idea Is Hard.
I received great advice from my patent attorney after freaking out about one of my big ideas.
By Stephen Key
Building a Business
Apple Ordered to Pay $234 Million to University for Patent Infringement
The processors in Apple's iPhone 5S, 6 and 6 Plus -- along with some editions of the iPad -- violated the patent.
By Reuters
Thought Leaders
How an Outdoor-Clothing Company Is Building Up Manufacturing in Mountain Towns
One entrepreneur is bringing the 'microbrew' model to manufacturing.
By Grant Davis
Business News
Airbus Files Patent That Shows Airplane Passengers Stacked On Top of Each Other
Because people aren't already crammed into planes like sardines.
Building a Business
7 Apple Patents We Hope Will Be Used to Make Actual Products
From biometric-tracking headphones to water-resistant electronic parts, we'd be into a lot of these products. Get on it, Apple.
By Laura Entis
Building a Business
Google Just Got a Patent for Adding Holograms to a Google-Glass-Type Headset
The United States Patent and Trademark Office approved the tech giant's patent for technology that would overlay holograms onto the wearer's real world view.
Building a Business
Microsoft and Google Make Peace in Patent Battles
The companies are settling 18 cases in the U.S. and Germany.
By Reuters
Building a Business
What Good Is a Patent if You Can’t Enforce It?
The answer: A patent helps you impress investors and raise capital.
By Vic Lin
Business News
IBM Is Taking an Unusual Approach to Selling Patents to Startups
While it's not strange for a large patent holder to sell off patents, IBM's method is raising some eyebrows.
By Barb Darrow
Building a Business
Someday, Your Facebook Friends May Determine Whether You Get a Loan
Facebook's latest patent suggests lenders could approve or deny loans based on a user's social connections.
Building a Business
Low-Cost Patent Search Options for Inventors on a Budget
Inventors routinely believe they were the first to think of their great idea. They are not routinely correct.
By Kedma Ough
Building a Business
What Google Is Really Doing by Giving Away Patents
How the tech giant's plan will and won't help startups.
Business Accounting
Are Standard Equity Stakes in Spinoffs Misguided?
Universities may be missing out on owning a share of their strongest spinoffs.
By Scott Shane
Building a Business
Have an Invention? Here’s How to Make It Into an Actual Product. (Infographic)
As the creator of a new product, you need to know the costs so you can weigh the risks and the rewards.
By Laura Entis
Building a Business
U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Google Patent Appeal Over Street View
The tech giant will indeed need to defend claims that its Street View mapping software violates patents held by someone else.
By Reuters
Marketing
Trademarks: The First Line of Defense Protecting Your Brand (Infographic)
From Apple to Coca-Cola to Yves Saint Laurent, a look at the big business behind those little images, symbols and words that make up a company's brand.
Building a Business
BlackBerry Settles Patent Dispute With Ryan Seacrest’s Company
The dispute was over the sale of smartphone keyboards of a certain size.
By Reuters
Building a Business
How Patents Proliferated in the U.S. and Around the Globe (Infographic)
Our nation's advanced patent system is very different the one adopted in 1790.
By Laura Entis
Building a Business
Why Google Might Be Getting Into the Teddy Bear Business
Imagine a Google-made stuffed robot listening, watching, sensing your every move.
Building a Business
What You Need to Know to Protect Your Big Idea
Trademarks, patents and copyrights are esoteric legal matters of huge importance to entrepreneurs.
Building a Business
Heads Up: Amazon Wants Delivery Drones to Find You Wherever You Are
The tech giant recently filed a patent explaining its drone delivery plans
By Nina Zipkin
Building a Business
The No. 1 Mistake Product Developers Make
You may have just come up with a great idea, but it doesn't mean squat if you fall into this trap.
By Stephen Key
Building a Business
Why File Design Patents? Modern Uses of a Classic Form of Intellectual Property.
Today's smart companies -- big and small -- are using them as part of a comprehensive IP strategy.
By Eric Raciti
Business Operations & Logistics
Google’s Latest Patent Might Replace Your Laptop’s Space Bar With a Giant Trackpad
With no space bar, where will all the astronauts hang out?
By Geoff Weiss
Building a Business
Have a Patent? Now You Can Sell It to Google.
The tech giant has launched an experimental online portal to buy patents.
By Reuters
Building a Business
Is LinkedIn Trying to Catch You Lying on Your Resume? Maybe.
LinkedIn has filed a patent for a fact-checking system that would likely be used to check user-generated content as well as resumes and bios.