Don't make the mistake of assuming your idea for a new product or service is needed in the marketplace. The biggest mistake people make with their intellectual property has nothing to do with ...

Lonnie Johnson, NASA engineer and inventor of the best-selling water toy the Super Soaker, sits with his prototype and his patent. A curiosity of the innovation ecosystem is that while inventors are ...

Over his career Thomas Edison garnered more U.S. patents than anyone in his time. Edison profited from his patents, but he was also exposed to the dark side of the patent system. He had to contend ...

How inventors can move from hopes and dreams to reality and the marketplace. (This article represents general information only, not legal advice. Individuals should not act upon this information ...

Charlotte, North Carolina-based Wastequip celebrated National Inventor’s Day Feb. 11 by honoring its more than 40 patents and its employees’ achievements to the industry. Founded in 1983 by President ...

PORT ANGELES — The North Olympic Peninsula is teeming with creative minds, Jacques Dulin, a patent attorney, told the Port Angeles Business Association on Tuesday morning. Innovation is especially ...

They’re hoping to impress a company that sells everything on late night TV. R.J. Hall came up with a towel with zippered pockets Inventors from up and down the East Coast are gathering in Philadelphia ...

Dr. Jonathan Isaacs, a surgeon and researcher at Virginia Commonwealth University, invented a medical device that is revolutionizing surgeries and improving lives. Yet he will never become ...

Like anything else, to improve your odds of success at licensing a product idea, you need to be able to play the game longer and smarter. The longer you’re in the game, the better chances you have of ...

The United States is again the favored destination to patent inventions after 43 years in which Japan and the now-defunct Soviet Union held the lead, a U.N. report said Thursday. The U.S. Patent and ...

SPOKANE, Wash. - February is National Women Inventors Month, and one Washington woman is making game-changing products for moms everywhere. Lisa Myers is the founder of Ceres Chill, a company that’s ...