The Washington Redskins (3-6) are struggling this season, but the organization got a break Monday after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal from Native Americans calling the pro club's trademark "disparaging."
Dear FSB: I work for my family caulking business. The equipment we use is top dollar, but the designs are poor. If I had a better idea, and did not want to manufacture the product (but instead just license the idea) how would I go about it? What should I know before starting the process?
Dear FSB: How can I find entrepreneurs who are seeking new products to develop and market? I have patents on seven inventions in the automotive, consumer goods, and home-improvement categories that I would like to license or sell.
NTP Inc., the patent-owning entity that made $612 million out of a suit against BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd., has hit the nation's top four wireless carriers with similar lawsuits.
Going to court is near the top of the list of dreaded activities for small business owners. But many entrepreneurs say that their efforts to resolve disputes outside of litigation haven't worked, according to a 2005 report by the Small Business Administration. The result? Their companies end up with legal bills from $3,000 to $150,000 and have to cut overhead or drum up new sales to compensate.
The IRS has a surprising new enemy in the battle against abusive tax shelters: the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. In recent years the Patent Office has begun granting patents to people who claim...
The Washington Redskins (3-6) are struggling this season, but the organization got a break Monday after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal from Native Americans calling the pro club's trademark "disparaging."
Dear FSB: I work for my family caulking business. The equipment we use is top dollar, but the designs are poor. If I had a better idea, and did not want to manufacture the product (but instead just license the idea) how would I go about it? What should I know before starting the process?
Dear FSB: How can I find entrepreneurs who are seeking new products to develop and market? I have patents on seven inventions in the automotive, consumer goods, and home-improvement categories that I would like to license or sell.
NTP Inc., the patent-owning entity that made $612 million out of a suit against BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd., has hit the nation's top four wireless carriers with similar lawsuits.
Going to court is near the top of the list of dreaded activities for small business owners. But many entrepreneurs say that their efforts to resolve disputes outside of litigation haven't worked, according to a 2005 report by the Small Business Administration. The result? Their companies end up with legal bills from $3,000 to $150,000 and have to cut overhead or drum up new sales to compensate.
The IRS has a surprising new enemy in the battle against abusive tax shelters: the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. In recent years the Patent Office has begun granting patents to people who claim...
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued the first final rejection on one the patents involved in the longstanding dispute between BlackBerry maker Research in Motion and patent holding company NTP.
BlackBerry maker Research in Motion and patent holding firm NTP are set to face off again Friday, when a hearing begins on whether to shut down the popular wireless e-mail device in the U.S.
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DEAR ANNIE: Two partners and I recently started a business based on what we think is a great and potentially very profitable idea. We're fast approaching the stage where we'll be seeking outside fi...
By now most people know all about laser eye surgery. You walk into a doctor's office with Coke-bottle lenses, and some 30 minutes later walk out with restored vision. Not surprisingly, the number o...
We all hate CD jewel boxes. They're hard to open, their hinges snap, and those little plastic hubs that hold the disk inevitably break. Who is responsible for the jewel box, paragon of consumer pac...
One of the hottest topics in the Internet community is the patentability of Internet business models. On one hand, you have early market leaders who have filed for, and won, patents protecting thei...
MicroPatent of New Haven, Connecticut, takes advantage of the vast capacity of CD-ROMs to make easily available to interested companies the staggering amount of information contained in the 2,000 p...
Just when the fever over superconductivity had begun to cool, an acrimonious dispute has broken out that has the circuits sizzling. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is grappling with the questi...
The Soviet Union, long afflicted with mediocrity in much of its home-grown technology, is a past master at filching the technology of others. In recent years, U.S. officials believe, it has revved ...
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