In order to become a patent practitioner one must take and pass a federal examination administered by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. What sometimes gets missed by some individuals is ...

When the patent bar exam was given in written form test takers were permitted to bring in with them any materials they wanted except for old exam questions. The ability to bring practically anything ...

What are the pros and cons of using a Fast Track Exam? The upside of the Fast Track Exam is that you are going to get a patent faster. Normally, patents take almost three years to make it through the ...

(CN) - A digital rights group said it has curbed a patent holder from going after cities and transit agencies that use vehicle-tracking systems by having the patent's legitimacy re-examined. The ...

eBay claimed victory in the first round of a patent re-examination that could rescue the auction giant from a costly patent infringement judgment. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday sent ...

Imagine receiving a letter from a company offering to let you license a patent covering a computer-related business method for $50,000. Should you pay it? What if the company claims that its patent ...

During her years at CNET News, Ina Fried changed beats several times, changed genders once, and covered both of the Pirates of Silicon Valley. A U.S. government agency agreed this week to re-examine a ...

A U.S. government agency agreed this week to re-examine a controversial Microsoft patent on the Windows file format, following an objection from a public-interest group. The FAT file format has become ...