SNU to Withdraw Patent Bid on Hwang's Research

Seoul National University has given up trying to win patents in 11 countries for the disgraced cloning scientist Hwang Woo-suk's stem cell research, it said Tuesday.

How to Patent an Invention

It really doesn't matter if you want to create and market your invention or sell licensing rights to a third party, you must first protect your creation by filing a patent with the U.S. Patent and Trademark ...

Microsoft Seeks Pay-As-You-Go Computing Patent

Microsoft has applied for a patent on a pay-as-you-go computing model that would charge people only for the hardware, software, and services used.

Is The UK Patent Office Ignoring Court Ruling On Software Patents?

Back in October, we were disappointed by a UK court ruling that effectively told the UK's Patent Office that it had to stop rejecting software patents outright, and instead consider software patentable if it ...

Scientific American discusses rejected Microsoft patent application

The post notes: Although the patent office rejected Microsoft's application, reports tech news Web site Ars Technica, the company laid out a plan for the future of computing, where bits and bytes are delivered ...

U.S. Chamber Releases Recommendations for U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Reform

The U.S. Chamber of Commercea s Global Intellectual Property Center today released its U.S. Patent and Trademark Office recommendations to President-elect Barack Obama, highlighting needed reforms to modernize ...