Patents can be a hidden cost trap for startups. While they seem like a one-time expense, the reality is different. Filing is just the beginning. A single U.S. patent can exceed $50,000 over its ...

Think patents are just legal jargon or a guaranteed payday? Discover the surprising truths behind common U.S. patent myths and what you really need to know before you file. When people hear the word ...

From setting a clear overall strategy to drafting high-quality claims, Christopher Wheeler and Gerald Murphy of Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch explain how to reduce patent prosecution expenditure and ...

Patents are often filed early, before a startup knows what the market really wants. That's smart, but it comes with a challenge: Not every idea turns out to be worth protecting. Markets shift.

The Association for Accessible Medicines and the Biosimilars Council released a white paper, Serial Patent Litigation Problems and Solutions, which AAM said analyzes the increasingly common practices ...

The European Commission's research and innovation directorate has invited tenders for a study on "patent costs and impact on innovation: international comparison and analysis of the impact on the ...

“Before filing, every inventor should pause and ask these seven questions. Doing so doesn’t just improve your odds of getting a patent granted, but it also strengthens your ability to enforce, license ...

Patent Bots extends its analysis of issued patents to include rankings for speed from time of the first office action to issuance Somerville, MA: Patent Bots, creator of AI-enabled software for patent ...

Many startups push forward with a patent without assessing strategic alignment, which causes portfolios to get bloated with low-impact patents. The solution for this is patent pruning. Signs to look ...