Before the advent of writing, the human body was used as the only storage device for information, and memory was much valued. Knowledge was passed from person to person through speech. It was obvious that, as the speech could not be touched and se...

"The easiest thing in the world to steal is an idea," says author John Connors, a noted Newport beach, California intellectual property attorney. His new book, The Ten Commandments for Protecting Your Million Dollar Idea, is designed for independe...

Since it was developed mainly during the industrial revolution to protect material innovations, patent law cannot be applied to "intangible industrial inventions". Software for example is denied patentability due to its lack of materiality. Such a...