In some countries, Europe, for example, an invention belongs to the first person to file a patent for it. In the United States, the conception determines ownership of an invention. In other words, an ...

Advanced Micro Devices has opened an engineering lab in Japan to work on designs for thin-and-light notebooks geared to its chips. The company intends to hire 15 to 20 engineers over the next 12 to 18 ...

Quick quiz: Your company develops a patentable innovation six months before your competitor. Who is entitled to a U.S. patent for that invention? The answer? It depends. Under U.S. patent law, the ...

An important task for in-house counsel is managing laboratory notebook practices. Laboratory notebooks are where inventions start, and they are key to successful patent enforcement. This article ...

Electronic laboratory notebooks (ELNs) have become integral to modern research environments, helping scientists document, organize, and share their experimental work. But as research grows more ...

Because of that, the results vary. In many cases, AI adoption is shaped just as much by the shortcomings of existing tools as by intentional design. Some labs are seeing clear, measurable improvements ...