While it is possible to come up with definitions that draw clear lines between the three major types of intellectual property protection (patent, copyright and trademark), there are complications ...

Jeffrey Proehl is a registered patent attorney with Woods, Fuller, Shultz & Smith P.C. in Sioux Falls. Computer software programs and apps may be protected by a number of different forms of IP ...

As James Madison stated in Federalist Paper No. 43, the usefulness of the Congresses power to award both patents and copyrights “will scarcely be questioned.” Madison, Debates in the Federal ...

Motorola patent battle in June, has penned a new blog post complaining about the proliferation of patents. "I am concerned that both patent and copyright protection, though particularly the former ...

Eriq Gardner Former Legal Editor-at-Large. More Stories by Eriq. N.Y. Times to Stand Trial This Month as Sarah Palin Libel Suit Heads to Jury ...

Intellectual property (IP) rights and innovation are inextricably intertwined. It's not surprising, then, that in the spirit of innovation, some IP owners have taken proactive steps to advance and ...

US copyright law is still developing around the appropriate use of copyright-protected works as input for training AI applications. Patents AI technology can also create new products or processes ...