Inventions

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A new U.S. patent regime gives rights to the "first inventor to file." You'd better make sure it's you.

As technology like facial recognition becomes more pervasive, companies need to prioritize privacy and security.

With soaring oil and food prices, falling home values, and the credit crunch beginning to take their toll on the U.S. economy, it's a terrible time to...

A single rule change would be a good start.

Open innovation platforms are making it easier.

A checklist to help you decide.

Modern marketing success requires more than great commercials.

The inventor of the bagless vacuum cleaner talks about what innovation means to him and why experience is overrated.

George Mason University's Lei Gao and his co-researchers-Macquarie University's Jianlei Han, Zheyao Pan, and Huixuan Zhang-collected birthplace data on...

Bravo for companies that are starting to focus on innovation again! It’s about time. But even with this renewed attention to innovation, some managers keep projects resource-starved, in the belief that scarcity drives creative invention. Although ingenuity can sometimes spring up when means are scarce, managers beware: It is a dangerous miscalculation to think that […]

Being an entrepreneur has more to do with a state of mind than a state of employment. And when you think of being an entrepreneur, it doesn’t just mean starting a company — I’ve started over half a dozen successful companies but have also brought my experience to established companies. Right now, I am the […]

Patent data illustrates their outsize contributions.

Four organizational strategies for making the space needed for creative thinking.

What makes an idea revolutionary?

Creativity in a community of inventors hinges on a few well-placed players.

According to a study of 935 CEOs.