Earlier this week, U.S. Senators returned from their summer recess and began their latest session with the passage of the America Invents Act.

As companies continue to rely on collaborative technologies to produce innovative products, the integration of patent and business strategies may be more important than ever, according to recent report published by an international research team.

A new report from the International Business Times found that Google's $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility could be the impetus for further purchases in the mobile market driven solely by intellectual property.

Monday morning, Google announced a $12.5 billion acquisition bid for Motorola Mobility had been accepted. The news, which both parties pointed to as an eventual impetus for greater innovation, has been interpreted many different ways by industry experts.

According to IP-Watch.org, the Caribbean, like most regions, is in desperate need of reform to its intellectual property laws.

In a recently released interview with the Guardian, Philip Graham, executive director of the Association for University and Industry Links, detailed the myriad benefits researchers at universities throughout the world can see from aggressive intellectual property strategies.

In a recently released interview with the Guardian, Philip Graham, executive director of the Association for University and Industry Links, detailed the myriad benefits researchers at universities throughout the world can see from aggressive intellectual property strategies.

H. Ward Classen, deputy general counsel for Computer Science Corporation, recently contributed a report to the Daily Record calling for executives to implement plans to find the most value in intellectual property.

According to PC World, Motorola investor Carl Icahn has urged the company to leverage its intellectual property portfolio in order to "enhance shareholder value."

To help small- and medium-sized businesses find greater value within their companies, the Indian government has encouraged the nation's SMBs to participate in a study aimed at evaluating the value of patents and intellectual property in the regional market.