In bringing suitable illustrations to our articles, we Hackaday scribes use a variety of sources that offer images featuring permissive licences. Among the usual free image libraries there is one ...

When acquiring a patent with a new technology, I attach the illustration "patent drawing" showing the features in the application, but this patent drawing has attractiveness due to its unique texture ...

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, at 176 years old, has granted patents to some of the most important inventions in American history. It’s also granted some of the dumbest (see: Patent 5,865,192 ...

Google Patent Search now includes the full database of European patents, as well as a new prior art finder. Google Patent Search now includes the full database of European patents, as well as a new ...

Patent Agent, engineer and Internet entrepreneur Kevin Prince is attempting to raise money on Kickstarter. His project? A book that celebrates the art contained in published U.S. patent applications ...

This is an interesting little lesson for people to take to heart: the world does not necessarily work the way you think it does. More specifically, the laws in other places and countries can be very ...

It should surprise nobody that the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (universally described as the AIA) produces a steady diet of statutory interpretation problems for the Supreme Court to consider.