Intellectual Property


Recent Intellectual Property Articles

The Business of Building a 'Honey Badger' Empire

Honey Badger don't care. But its creator does--and he's hoping he can build a business around the most fearless mammal on earth.  Read more

5 Steps to Thinking Outside of the Box

How do people think outside of the proverbial box? They know how to view things more expansively. Here's how.  Read more

Negotiating for Wimps

How to ask for what you want -- and get it. Eleven tips for the confrontation-shy.  Read more

Can a Shoe Color Really Be Trademarked?

With a Federal Court Case underway many are asking can the color of the soles of shoes be protected as a trademark. The answer may surprise you.  Read more

Ask Inc.: Can a New Hire Sign a Non-Compete Later?

Inc.com columnist Jeff Haden is taking your start-up questions. Up this week: How to handle an employee who won't agree to a non-compete.  Read more

Do You Have a Privacy Problem?

Google, Facebook, and others have made consumers particularly sensitive about their privacy online. That means you need to be sensitive about it too.  Read more

3 More Reasons SOPA Ought to Scare You

Inc.com joins the ranks of companies hoping that Congress doesn't vote to break the Internet by approving SOPA and PIPA. Here's why.  Read more

Get a Google Pay-Per-Click Monopoly for Your Brand

Use Google's General Trademark Complaint Form to stop competitors from infringing on your brands online.  Read more

How Business Ideas Get Stolen

What every business owner needs to know about protecting valuable intellectual property.  Read more

How to Win a Trademark Battle Against a Goliath

By knowing their rights, two small companies made Apple and RIM back down over trademark conflicts. You could do the same.  Read more

Should You Be Able to Patent a Business Model?

Kickstarter is asking that a patent be invalidated--or at least, that it not be found to be infringing upon it.  Read more

A Challenge to the Small Business Image

A new study points out that "small business" and "innovation" are not synonymous.  Read more

TrendWatch: U.S. Patent Reform 

How could upcoming patent law changes impact your small business?  Watch video

America’s Fastest-Growing Health Company

Houston-based ClearCorrect makes an alternative to Invisalign that is shaking up the industry leader for dental braces.  Read more

Zynga Sued for Patent Infringement

The world's largest social gaming company is under fire for allegedly infringing on patents found in nearly every one of its games.  Read more

New Patent Laws to Favor First-to-File

Congress is on the verge of passing the first patent reforms in 60 years. This may not be good news for small business.  Read more

12 Strange and Amazing Patents

How far will the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office go? We've rounded up some of the silliest, most inventive, and ludicrous patent applications in U.S. history.  View slideshow

How to License In Intellectual Property

When your company needs to use a process, concept, tool—or really anything that's protected by a patent, copyright, or trademark—here's how to license it...  Read more

4 Tips for Protecting Your Trademark

A trademark can be just as valuable as a large client, so it's of utmost importance that businesses find competent means for protection. Here are four tips f...  Read more

Inc.com Daily | Entrepreneur News

Fake Prada bags, a Twitter acquisition, a new college app, and more.  Read more

Jack Plunkett Interview: What Small Businesses Should Know

This article is the final installment of a two-part series. Read part one Read more

Edison's Inventionland

A tour through Thomas Edison's famed workshop, plus Apple's bid to convert speech to text, and the rest of today's news.  Read more

How My Alma Mater Is Killing My Start-up

An alumna of Syracuse University recalls the aggravating tale of trying to start a T-shirt company and trademarking the word "Syracutie."  Read more

What the Students Say: Technology Venturing

Samit Gupta was pursuing a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering—until he took this course.  Read more

How I Did It: Raymond Damadian

He invented the MRI device—then came the hard part.  Read more