With some of the nation's largest and most lucrative pharmaceutical companies approaching the expiration dates on their exclusive production rights, the industry may experience a significant power shift in the coming months.

By securing its latest patent licensing deal with a Taiwanese smartphone and tablet manufacturer, Microsoft has found a creative way of profiting from its competitor and generating revenues from the sale of Android devices.

In an effort to help innovators understand emerging intellectual property issues and capitalize on their creativity, the United States Patent and Trademark Office will partner with the Smithsonian American Art Museum to sponsor a free, two-day Inventors Symposium next week.

During last week's World Intellectual Property Office meeting, government, industry and academic leaders shared their insights on the ways copyright infrastructure will need to adapt in the digital age.

The European Court of Justice has ruled to prohibit the patenting of any stem cell research technique that destroys a human embryo, eliciting a range of reactions from the medical community in the process.

The latest round of United States free trade agreements extended to Colombia, Panama and South Korea may contain some of the most complete intellectual property rights standards to date, according to Intellectual Property Watch.

PBS Kids has announced plans to leverage the intellectual property of its children's television programming catalog and debut more than 40 related educational games.

Legal advocates across Texas, Colorado and California are anxiously awaiting decisions regarding the selection of the three satellite Patent and Trademark Office locations called for in the recently passed America Invents Act.

After an outpouring of tributes spread across the world's media in the wake of Steve Jobs' untimely passing, one particularly popular fan creation has now been drawn into an intellectual property debate.

At a recently held Canadian International Council conference, intellectual property was high on the list of talking points as a flurry of recent patent litigation issues has drawn attention to the importance of intellectual assets.