IBM is giving the health care and education industries free access to its patent portfolio, the company said Monday. Organizations within these fields can tap IBM's patents for development and use ...

Technologies include grapple assist, speech and audio generation tools, and improvements to its text and size contrast tool ...

The game developer says it hopes to start a trend of making these types of patents freely accessible and popular to use. Ian Sherr (he/him/his) grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, so he's always ...

“Understanding and dispelling common myths about software patents is not just an academic exercise – it’s a crucial step for innovators and companies seeking to defend themselves against competitors ...

Protecting intellectual property (IP) can be a long, expensive process, especially for veteran entrepreneurs who are throwing their time and money into building a new business. A good idea is a good ...

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has contracted with Second Avenue Learning to launch EquIP HQ, a free K–12 platform for teachers and students to learn how to invent solutions to ...

When it comes to intellectual property, “patents” might spring to mind. A good patent can give startups a competitive edge, and once you’ve been granted one, nobody can come and mess with your ...

In a telling shift about how it manages its vast stable of intellectual property, IBM last month revealed plans to make 500 patented technologies available for free to the open-source community. The ...

Adam was a Visiting Fellow in the Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at The Heritage Foundation. The U.S. has eviscerated the patent rights that help to power the innovation engine ...