Tricks of the TradeTrump's Second TermMy EconomyI've Always Wondered ...

Loading...

0:00
0% played
Support the fact-based journalism you rely on with a donation to Marketplace today. Give Now!
Stories Tagged as

Patents

Someone probably owns most of the things you say

by Janet Nguyen and David Brancaccio
Feb 15, 2018
And that's a problem for people naming new businesses.
Visual Hunt
ListenLISTEN
HTML EMBED:
COPY
EMBED EMBED
Share Now on:
SHARE
Subscribe Using:
SUBSCRIBE SUBSCRIBE

Want to patent your invention? Here's what you need to know.

by Peter Balonon-Rosen
Feb 2, 2018
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is getting six times as many applications as it did in 1980. And then there's the backlog.
PAUL J.RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images
ListenLISTEN
HTML EMBED:
COPY
EMBED EMBED
Share Now on:
SHARE
Subscribe Using:
SUBSCRIBE SUBSCRIBE

The Supreme Court rejects rule banning offensive trademarks

by Adam Allington
Jun 20, 2017
SCOTUS says it is unconstitutional to reject trademarks because they use offensive terms like racial slurs.
A view of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Mark Wilson/Getty Images
ListenLISTEN
HTML EMBED:
COPY
EMBED EMBED
Share Now on:
SHARE
Subscribe Using:
SUBSCRIBE SUBSCRIBE

Patent sales can have lots of potential buyers

by Annie Baxter
Jun 8, 2016
Yahoo seeks buyers for about 3,000 non-core patents.
Yahoo is looking to make over $1 billion selling thousands of patents.
OMAR TORRES/AFP/Getty Images
ListenLISTEN
HTML EMBED:
COPY
EMBED EMBED
Share Now on:
SHARE
Subscribe Using:
SUBSCRIBE SUBSCRIBE
Final Note

Two small TV companies join forces

by Molly Wood
Mar 24, 2016
TiVo may sell itself to Rovi
An TiVo remote circa 2007.
Eric/Flickr
ListenLISTEN
HTML EMBED:
COPY
EMBED EMBED
Share Now on:
SHARE
Subscribe Using:
SUBSCRIBE SUBSCRIBE

Got an invention? Head to your regional patent office

by Lauren Silverman
Nov 30, 2015
Fighting backlog, the US Patent office hopes regional offices will cut down wait.
ListenLISTEN
HTML EMBED:
COPY
EMBED EMBED
Share Now on:
SHARE
Subscribe Using:
SUBSCRIBE SUBSCRIBE
Final Note

Ride the skies ... stacked on top of other people

by Kai Ryssdal
Oct 9, 2015
You can't make this stuff up.
ListenLISTEN
HTML EMBED:
COPY
EMBED EMBED
Share Now on:
SHARE
Subscribe Using:
SUBSCRIBE SUBSCRIBE

For public good, not for profit.

Donate

Blackberry banks on patents

by Nova Safo
Sep 25, 2015
Blackberry issues earnings on Friday. One part of its turnaround efforts: patents.
ListenLISTEN
HTML EMBED:
COPY
EMBED EMBED
Share Now on:
SHARE
Subscribe Using:
SUBSCRIBE SUBSCRIBE

A conversation with director of the U.S. Patent Office

by David Brancaccio
Apr 15, 2015
Intellectual property, abusive litigation, and social innovation.
ListenLISTEN
HTML EMBED:
COPY
EMBED EMBED
Share Now on:
SHARE
Subscribe Using:
SUBSCRIBE SUBSCRIBE
Indie Economics

Apple trademarks store layout, genius idea dries up

by David Brancaccio
Jul 14, 2014
Seriously. They should serve Appletinis in Genius Bars.
Share Now on:
SHARE