Golf is high-tech these days. Club design, swing analysis, ball construction, and even course maintenance all integrate the latest...

We previously looked at Kodak's 1885 patent for its original, easy-to-use camera. We've also seen Bell Labs' 1950 patent for the...

In my last post, we looked at George Eastman's 1885 patent for the Kodak camera, the first portable, easy-to-use camera that brought...

In 1881, George Eastman, a former bank clerk from Rochester, New York, who grew fascinated with photography, formed the Eastman Dry Plate...

We're going back a bit, to June 20, 1840, when Samuel Morse's patent, U.S. Patent No. 1,647, issued for his “American Electro-Magnetic...

Our next historical patent in this series is U.S. Patent No. 821,393, filed by Orville and Wilbur Wright on March 23, 1903, about 9...

Any review of historic patents, like this series of posts, has to include arguably the most important invention of the 20th Century: the...

Continuing with my look at historic patents, this is Alexander Graham Bell's 1876 patent (U.S. Patent No. 174,465) that was ultimately...

After reading some fascinating books about innovation recently, like The Idea Factory, John Gertner's in-depth look at Bell Labs, and The...

A recent case filed by Grillo's Pickles provides an excellent example of the importance of manufacturers taking concrete steps to protect...

As the global manufacturing industry evolves, the intersection of intellectual property (IP) and environmental, social, and governance...

I’m excited to announce that I authored the article “Intellectual Property Rights for Emerging Businesses” for the State Bar of...