US Patent and Trademark Office

Guess Who Nabbed The Lin Trademark More Than A Year Ago

Reuters | Posted 04.27.2012

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(Corrects typo in third bullet point) * China ball maker registers Jeremy Lin trademark * Difficult to take trademark fr...

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Detroit To Get Own Patent Office, 100 High Tech Jobs

The Huffington Post | Simone Landon | Posted 01.11.2012

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A long-time-in-the-making satellite branch of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has finally found a home in Detroit. The former Stroh's brewery ...

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Improving Your Agency's Best Places to Work in the Federal Government Ranking

Tom Fox | Posted 02.02.2012

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Tom Fox

Organizations struggling to improve their rankings would be wise to understand what successful agencies have done, and then adopt those strategies to build a more engaged and, ultimately, a more effective workforce.

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Groups Competing For OWS, 99 Percent Trademark

AP | PAUL ELIAS | Posted 01.06.2012

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SAN FRANCISCO — The revolution will be trademarked and put on T-shirts if an increasing number of entrepreneurs succeed in their attempts to pro...

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Man Wins Patent To Build Snowman

The Huffington Post | Tara Kelly | Posted 11.24.2011

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There is no shortage of bizarre patents, such as the wheeled flower pot and the crustless peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Ignacio Marc Asperas of...

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Google Snaps Up 1,000 IBM Patents

AP | By PETER SVENSSON | Posted 10.01.2011

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NEW YORK -- Google Inc. has bought about 1,000 pending and issued patents from IBM Corp. in its quest to shore up its defenses against suits by other ...

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The Startup Act: A Proposal To Jumpstart The American Economy

Carl J. Schramm | Posted 09.19.2011

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Carl J. Schramm

It's time to re-start America by jump-starting our startup engines of growth. We have no time to waste.

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House Approves Major Overhaul Of U.S. Patent System

AP | By JIM ABRAMS | Posted 08.23.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The House on Thursday voted to rewrite 60-year-old patent law to give inventors a better shot of obtaining patents in a timely manner an...

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Paul Ryan, Hal Rogers (Rightfully) Oppose Proposed Patent Office Budget Bonanza

Daniel B. Ravicher | Posted 08.10.2011

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Daniel B. Ravicher

In this day of trillions of dollars in national debt, should any government agency be given free reign to spend as it sees fit, without any oversight ...

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Shortchanging Our Inventors Is Slowing Our Economic Recovery

Sen. Chris Coons | Posted 07.05.2011

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Sen. Chris Coons

Congress' delay in ending patent-fee diversion is costing America jobs at a time when we desperately need to be getting more Americans back to work. We need to fight for the power of good ideas.

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Protecting A Business Idea: 5 Things You Need To Know

The Huffington Post/AOL Small Business | Geoff Williams | Posted 08.04.2011

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It happens to almost every aspiring entrepreneur. You have a brilliant idea for a groundbreaking business, an innovative product or a better-than-the-...

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Patents: 5 Things You Need To Know

The Huffington Post/AOL Small Business | Darren Dahl | Posted 08.09.2011

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On July 31, 1790, President George Washington awarded the first U.S. patent to Vermont resident Samuel Hopkins for his process of making potash, a fer...

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Bravo, Tom Friedman: More Stimulation, Less Stimulus, and How CEA Is Building an Innovation Movement

Gary Shapiro | Posted 05.25.2011

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Gary Shapiro

We have a tendency to think of innovation as a natural outgrowth of innate American ingenuity, rather than the result of a social and economic environment that has been carefully constructed.

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