By studying the natural world, scientists find blueprints for innovations that can improve human lives—in the genes of a ...

Patents traditionally have been perceived as the domain of industry and basic science the province of academia. Some separation of basic intellectual and commercial interest is desirable, but when ...

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Lonnie Johnson, NASA engineer and inventor of the best-selling water toy the Super Soaker, sits with his prototype and his patent. A curiosity of the innovation ecosystem is that while inventors are ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. 'The Dying Tecumseh,' a marble sculpture at the Smithsonian, depicts the Shawnee leader in a ...

This commentary from the CSIS-SCSP Task Force on IP in the AI Era was originally published in the Special Competitive Studies Project’s Substack on February 15, 2024. With roots in the U.S.

September 25, 2023 - Should patent law permit an AI system to be named as an inventor on a patent? The question remains a hot topic, even though every international patent office and court has ...

To U.S. scientists, the turning point of World War II was March 20, 1943. That was the day that U-boat sinkings began to sag like a beaten fighter. Bigger and bloodier battles have since been—and are ...

Paul Marks’s story about the imposition of patent prohibition orders struck a painful chord (9 July, p 24). Because the principal activity of my company is the development of equipment for defusing ...