The use of microorganisms in human industry is ancient, but has increased markedly in recent years. The modern recognition of the role of microbial communities in the human body has intensified ...

Jean-Paul Wagner and Tiago Leal of Ipsilon Luxembourg explore recent judicial advancements and global trends shaping the future of AI innovation, and how to turn informed intellectual property strateg ...

The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies is fueling a surge in global patent filings for AI-related innovations, but differences in national patent laws and examination ...

In a relief to startups engaged in innovation, the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks in India issued orders last Friday rejecting software patents in computer-related inventions ...

In 1871, Margaret Knight earned a patent for inventing a brown paper bag with a flat bottom, the same model that is used in most grocery stores across the country today. More than a century later, ...

Stanford University law professor Mark Lemley asserts that nanotechnology “is the first new field in a century in which people started patenting the basic ideas at the outset.” In contrast to most ...

You've just invented the greatest product known to mankind—or at least you think so. And you know that you must quickly protect this brilliant idea with a patent because someone will surely steal it ...

Patents on nanoscale materials, tools and processes are a fair measure of the tsunami-like strength of this latest industrial revolution. Estimates vary on the number of nanotech patents issued since ...

Women, and especially women of color, patent inventions at much lower rates than men, which means that innovations to improve technology, treat illness, and improve everyday life are being left on the ...

Biotechnology scientists must be aware of the broad patent landscape and push for new patent and licensing guidelines, according to a new paper. Biotechnological inventions have been patented for ...

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Deepa K Tiku and Juhi Sakrikar of K&S Partners analyse the latest trends in cannabis patent filings around the world Cannabis was one of the first plants to be domesticated by humans and has a long ...