The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted Apple a rather curious trademark. It’s not a name or a logo, rather a store design. The trademark n. 85036990 consists of the layout of an Apple retail store with even wood tables, steel panels and glass windows. It’s likely that Apple convinced the Office […]
Category Archives: Patents & Inventions
Invent!
Whoever is going to govern our country will need to do much more than what has ever been done before for valuing creativity and innovation. Italy possesses a great technologic patrimony that, especially concerning small and medium-sized companies, is not exploited as much as it could or would deserve. The data published by the European […]
Patents make access to credit easier
The Ministry of Economic Development provides the small and medium companies with a guarantee that will allow them to benefit from simplified funding and for a lower price than the market’s. Companies will be able to get up to 3 millions of euro without giving any guarantees, real or personal. The guarantee is supplied by […]
The patent trolls pose a threat to start-ups
The patent trolls are not a recent phenomenon, but in the last two years their influence on the market has been worrying. The PAEs (Patent Assertion Entities) don’t produce anything, but they hold a high number of patents (patent trolls) that they use, more or less in reason, to promote legal action against those that […]