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 ...

When Jarek Duda invented an important new compression technique called asymmetric numeral systems (ANS) a few years ago, he wanted to make sure it would be available for anyone to use. So instead of ...

Author Dylan Adams is a patent attorney at the Seattle law firm Davis Wright Tremaine. He holds a master’s in electrical engineering and a bachelor’s in biochemistry. An excerpt from his recent book, ...

The game developer says it hopes to start a trend of making these types of patents freely accessible and popular to use. Ian Sherr Contributor and Former Editor at Large / News Ian Sherr (he/him/his) ...

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 you’ve got an idea for a new product, you’ve got to tread carefully in the world of patent help. That’s because many companies out there are happy to take your money with the promise of doing ...

“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 ...

Last month, the venerable Economist newspaper published an editorial decrying the state of the patent system. They rightly condemned the “parasitic ecology of trolls” that has bruised the patent ...