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Can an AI Be an Inventor? The Global Patent Battle Over DABUS

Can an artificial intelligence system be listed as an inventor on a patent? This question has been litigated in the US, ...
2026.03.20
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How Music Copyright Works in the Streaming Era

When you stream a song, a complex set of copyright transactions happens in the background. Music copyright has two disti...
2026.03.20
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Patent 101

How Drug Patents Work — and Why Generic Medicines Are So Much Cheaper

When a pharmacist offers a generic alternative, the question many patients ask is: if it contains the same active ingred...
2026.03.20
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Post-it Notes: How 3M Patented an Accidental Invention and Spent 15 Years Protecting It

Post-it Notes began as a failed adhesive. Spencer Silver developed a repositionable acrylic adhesive in 1968 that nobody...
2026.03.20
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