The short answer is "no, but yes." This post explains why and illuminates how software, apps, and computer-related products can be protected by patents. When people ask "is software patentable?," they ...

An invention developed by a business or individual inventor may have great value to that business or individual, either through the commercialization of the invention or by licensing the invention to ...

In a unanimous decision last month, the Supreme Court ruled that naturally occurring genes are not patentable. But, said the Court, cDNA, a man-made copy of the genetic messenger in cells, is ...

WASHINGTON (CN) - The Supreme Court heard arguments Monday on what constitutes a patentable product. One lawyer claimed almost any nonobvious idea could be patented, while the other said it had to ...

Here are some of the biggest patent myths founders believe — and a practical, startup-friendly IP strategy tied to business ...

As artificial intelligence is used more and more to innovate, the United States Patent and Trademark Office is looking to address the question of whether AI can be listed as an inventor on a patent, ...

“While ‘abstract ideas’ are not patentable in the United States, the UK does not consider abstraction relevant when considering patentable subject matter. Either the patent claims, for example, a ...

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In what is being ballyhooed as a landmark decision likely to set the course of DNA-based diagnostic and therapeutic medicine for the next several decades, the US Supreme Court unanimously decided on ...

Fabian Kiendl and Christian Schäflein of Maiwald examine how AI engineering can yield patentable inventions and consider the protection of such solutions in automotive technology under the European ...

Do you remember Slinkys? Fun for a girl and a boy? Oddly, a toy that brought entertainment to so many kids is also emblematic of an unfortunate offshoot of the very important patent reform discussions ...

India became a signatory to the TRIPs Agreement on January 1 1995 and as a result had to make its patent laws TRIPs compliant. The period of 1995-2005 was a transition period during which the ...