For a software startup, a patent can be the intellectual property providing the key competitive advantage, or it can be an expensive non-defensible bureaucratic nightmare -- or both. I still generally ...

Attorney Tran advises startups to have both a patent application and an NDA in place when disclosing to high-risk recipients. The patent application process can be streamlined using modern software ...

“The inherently transitory, distributed, and dynamic nature of SaaS…makes it challenging to obtain patent claims for SaaS inventions that are directly infringed, requiring careful and strategic claim ...

In his latest No Jitter podcast, Guy Clinch talks with New Morning IP founder Fred Logue on how the cloud is changing the laws and application of intellectual property. In today's podcast, part of an ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a controversial software patent case after a federal appeals court ruled that an abstract idea is not patentable simply because it is tied to a computer ...

“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 ...

A good example what software is capable of versus the hardware way is manipulating audio. Hardware has equalizers, compressors, ways to change the pitch and phase. These devices had patents. Software ...