Startups often have a great idea but there is plenty they should know before beginning the US patent process, says Reed Risenmay of Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch. I love it when people ask me what I ...

Too many entrepreneurs treat filing a patent as a milestone in itself—proof that their invention matters. But filing a patent too early, or without a clear business strategy, can create serious ...

Patent attorney Matt Poulsen presents about why patents matter to startups, and how to be careful with AI tools. Photo by Lev Gringauz/Silicon Prairie News Artificial intelligence is now everywhere in ...

Opinion: In the final piece of a Bloomberg Law Insight series about AI’s impact on IP, Fish & Richardson attorneys say ...

With the advent of generative artificial intelligence (or “GenAI”), many companies have begun to shift their innovation strategies to incorporate and rely on GenAI tools. These tools can be powerful ...

At its core, a patent is a contract between an inventor, who agrees to disclose detailed information about their invention to the public, and the state, which grants them exclusive rights to that ...

The full text of the University Patent Policy can be found in the Faculty Handbook, Section 3.7.5. Excerpts from this Policy have been included in the FAQs below. For the purposes of this Policy, an ...