The Japan Patent Office’s recent guidance on examination of artificial intelligence-related inventions could provide a useful framework for other patent offices struggling with how to treat new ...

“Unfortunately, not nearly enough individuals and companies are seeking design patent protection. In 2019, for example, there were 46,847 design patent applications filed, which represents 7.01% of ...

The patent system is a system that grants patent rights that can be used exclusively for a certain period to protect inventors such as technology, systems, equipment. In order to obtain a patent right ...

Crafting a camera with a large sensor and bright lens into something that fits into a pocket isn’t an easy feat – which is one of the reasons why the Ricoh GR III remains popular even more than five ...

Forget the image of the lonely inventor tinkering away in a workshop. Today, it’s more common that numerous technologies developed by a variety of inventors suddenly come together to form a cohesive ...

Amazon is putting humans in cages to protect them from machines! Facebook is selling your face to advertisers so it can CGI you into ads! Sony has a system where you can skip ads if you stand up and ...

Biotechnology and chemistry researchers look to the patent literature as a source of technical information more than researchers in other fields, and few researchers are deterred from reading patents ...