Intellectual property (IP) is integral to economic activity because it provides not only legal protection under the rule of law to inventors and creators, but also incentives for exclusive access to ...

The classic and most frequent mistake is to assume that a formula for the licensing or franchising of a brand in one market will work equally well, unamended and unadapted, in another market. This is ...

In the New Economy, intellectual property is often the corporate crown jewels, both for companies in the technology business and for those that simply use technology to make their own businesses more ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. When you’re starting a company, you’re juggling a hundred priorities: building the product, hiring the team, raising money, ...

CommentaryAttorney Analysis from Westlaw Today, a part of Thomson Reuters. June 17, 2022 - Although NFT technology is relatively new, the intellectual property laws governing it are not. Nevertheless, ...

Discover how intellectual property rights protect exclusive pharmaceutical use and brand names in biotechnology, influencing innovation and market dynamics.

What Is Intellectual Property in Terms of a Capital Asset? Some types of intellectual property are considered capital assets and may be recorded on a company's balance sheet as intangible assets.

As a Rwandan intellectual property (IP) and business lawyer, in my practice over the years, I have noticed a critical disconnect between entrepreneurial ambition and foundational legal strategy, ...