A patent grants the originator of an idea or invention rights to prohibit others from profiting from his invention for 20 years from the time he applies for a utility patent and 14 years from the day ...

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.

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Earlier this year, it was revealed that Ford now has a patent for a system that would effectively turn the bed of its F-150 pickup truck into a mobile movie theater. But it turns out Ford’s ideas for ...

For Roxanne Russell, holding a patent is a family tradition. Her grandfather held a patent for air conditioning infrastructure and her father held one for stadium bleachers. At the time we decided 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 ...

Could this also be a tease for a cab-forward EV pickup? Holding a patent protects your idea or design, even before you ever bring it to market—if you ever do that. Plenty of patents cover ideas that ...

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 ...

When it comes to being a market leader in a segment, constant innovation is necessary in order to maintain that position. If you're standing still, you're moving backwards - the old adage goes. Each ...