Conflict exists between the interests of inventors and patent attorneys who are tasked with protecting their inventions. Inventing and commercializing a new product is extremely challenging, period.

I’ve written about a conflict that exists between inventors and patent attorneys. I’ve been a little hard on them, even. But there’s more than one side to every story of course. With that in mind, I ...

Although the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) does not require a patent attorney to file a patent, there are many reasons it is in your best interest to hire one.Most entrepreneurs ...

PatentVest today announced the publication of a new article in its IP Legal Insights section, continuing the firm's commitment to providing practical legal guidance on the technologies and legal ...

Christmastime is here again, and IPWatchdog is back with the 2020 edition of our Christmas list for patent attorneys. If you have a patent attorney in your life and you have no clue what to get them, ...

Lately I have been getting a lot of inquiries from inventors who are interested in contingency fee representation. This happens every so often, which leads me to dust off this article and provide this ...

A documented Statement of Non-Disclosure is presented on the Submit Your Idea page and must be signed by every inventor ...

April 10 (Reuters) - The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Wednesday told lawyers seeking patents that they must disclose any "material" part played by artificial intelligence in creating an ...

Before you hire a patent attorney or patent agent to help you write and file a patent application, you should know about their policies and practices. Most of the inventor-friendly patent ...

To be honest, I’ve never hired a patent agent. When I had my ‘big’ idea many years ago, I sought out a powerful Silicon Valley firm to write my patents. My thinking was: I want these guys to be able ...