Trump 2 could supercharge intellectual property law
By ALLISON SINGH // Intellectual property wasn’t a big subject in 2024 campaign speeches or political slogans, but it will play a big role in the new Presidential administration. This…
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Patent law must think hard about ‘traditional knowledge’
By ALLISON SINGH // When it comes to stealing from Long Island’s indigenous people, much of the focus has been on land – much less on the theft of intangibles…
At Canon USA, a patented approach to innovation
By SEYMOUR LIEBMAN // While innovation is always the driving force behind advancement, patents – known best for helping to protect innovation – often get a bad rap, as nothing…
Full marks for Nassau on controversial trademark play
By ALLISON SINGH // Why would a county trademark a slogan? Some have been asking that question since Nassau County filed a trademark application with the U.S. Patent & Trademark…
Tanking it, to give early-stage entrepreneurs a chance
By ALLISON SINGH // After years of watching “Shark Tank,” I’m taking a shot at sharkdom next week, as a judge for the Stony Brook University College of Business pitch-fest…
No. 758: In which librarians, NatGeo and NutraSweet score – and Jones Beach flexes tri-athletic muscles
Morning line: And down the stretch we come, dear readers! It’s Friday out there, and we’re racing neck-and-neck toward the finish line of another exciting workweek. It’s a fast…
Northwell nabs top USPTO honor with 3D-printed swab
By GREGORY ZELLER // Up your nose, Northwell Health – and we mean that in the best possible way. The New Hyde Park-based health system and three partners – the…
Innovation on the front lines of the vegan revolution
By NANCY PAK // Once in the last century or so, Charles Duell, commissioner of the U.S. Patent Office in 1899, has been cited for allegedly saying, “Everything that can…
Smiles, not subpoenas, can sometimes win an IP battle
By ARTHUR GERMAIN // Last week began with a pleasant surprise: As I drank my morning coffee and reviewed my e-mail, I received a Google Alert for the term “Brandtelling,”…
When the laser wars raged across Long Island
By TOM MARINER // Lasers are everywhere: medicine, communications, pointers, Hollywood ray guns. “LASER,” of course, is an acronym for “Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation,” coined by Gordon…
Always-thinking Islander takes Inventors Club national
By GREGORY ZELLER // An inventive thinker with a long track record of commercial success and creative coaching is expanding his mind once again (and maybe yours). Welcome to the…
Pending patent a cellulosic score for Applied DNA
By GREGORY ZELLER // A Stony Brook-based biotech on the leading edge of DNA-based product authentication is about to add another U.S. patent to its growing collection. Applied DNA Sciences,…
No. 408: On Dylan, Edison and top teens – and is it warm in here, or is that just Fahrenheit?
If memory serves: Welcome to Friday, friends, and the brink of a well-earned holiday weekend, as we wrap up the week in socioeconomic innovation and unofficially open summer. It’s…
USPTO, regional forces unite for Long Island inventors
By GREGORY ZELLER // Innovators, assemble – the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office is coming to Long Island. In another bringing-the-mountain-to-Mohammed moment, the USPTO is partnering with Farmingdale State College…
With patents aplenty, Canon leads Island innovation
By GREGORY ZELLER // A Japanese import and major Long Island stakeholder continued to set a breakneck U.S. patent pace in 2018 – big news on an Island where innovation…