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 ...

You know that feeling when a lightbulb goes off in your head and an amazing idea just pops into existence? That's the spark every entrepreneur dreams of. Suddenly, you're imagining new gadgets, epic ...

A patent portfolio is like a fast-growing tree. Before long, tens of patents become hundreds, and hundreds become thousands, many of which lose strategic value over time for a variety of reasons. And ...

At its core, a patent is a contract between an inventor, who agrees to disclose detailed information about their invention to the public, and the state, which grants them exclusive rights to that ...