Napster Inc. may be on the straight and narrow now, but the legal costs of patent infringement suits are taking a bite out of the bottom line.

A new study finds that drugmakers’ use of overlapping patents delayed generic entry for 4 top-selling drugs, driving billions in excess spending.

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is finally asking the right questions. Brand pharmaceutical companies are gaming the patent system, and it’s costing us all. Fortunately ...

Challenging junk patent listings is only part of the solution. Congress is working to enact legislation to promote fair competition and lower out-of-pocket costs for essential medicines.

The most popular drugs, on average, have 74 patents each — and these "patent thickets" are "enormous legal fortresses" stomping out competition to keep drug prices high, according to Anthony ...

With more patents issuing than ever before, there is a greater likelihood that your company will become a party to patent litigation. It is important, therefore, to familiarise yourself with the basic ...

The Patent Office is a self-sustaining institution, and can be kept so by a judicious administration of its affairs and upon a reduced scale of fees.

Apple may be regretting letting iTunes and iPod users effortlessly skip back and forth through their playlists, having just been told by a Texas court that it’ll cost the company $8 million in ...