Non-diluting capital can be an essential source of funding when trying to get your innovation off the ground. Investor money comes with the loss of equity and/or control. Family and friends’ money may ...

American innovation is under attack. Across the country, it's increasingly difficult for startups to protect their inventions from large companies that want to steal them. It's up to Congress and the ...

China, the EU and the UK are quietly rewriting the rules on standard-essential patents (SEPs) in ways that strip value from U.S. innovators’ technology.

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit dismissed an appeal from a patent applicant seeking provisional rights on a patent that would issue only after it had already expired, finding that the ...

On July 30, 2024, United States Senators Christopher Coons (R-Delaware) and Thomas Cotton (R-Arkansas) introduced the “Realizing Engineering, Science, and Technology Opportunities by Restoring ...

In my last Forbes commentary, I documented the weakening over the last few decades of the U.S. patent system—long a driver of technology-fueled economic growth and envy of the world. Today, let’s look ...

Since its founding, America has embraced and protected innovation and creativity. And it has proved to be a major economic advantage. But despite this, American patent rights are increasingly under ...

Opinion: A legal fight between BMW and a non-practicing entity reveals that every cross-border patent dispute may now carry global consequences.

A statutory predicate to the contractual outcome regarding ownership of patent rights is the requirement of a sufficient contribution by a natural person in the effort that yielded the invention. The ...

Congressman Nathaniel Moran recently introduced the RESTORE Patents Rights Act, aimed at strengthening protections for American innovators. The bicameral legislation, Realizing Engineering, Science, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I'm an antitrust expert and former FTC general counsel. Dec 24, 2024, 12:48pm EST SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 18: Nvidia CEO ...

American innovation is under attack. Across the country, it's increasingly difficult for startups to protect their inventions from large companies that want to steal them. It's up to Congress and the ...