It's every inventor's worst nightmare. You open the mailbox and find an envelope with the name of an official-sounding law firm. Written boldly across the top of the letter: "NOTICE OF DEMAND TO...

Sometimes even what seems an easy idea like the Post-It Note takes time to get right. It took more than ten years for Dr. Spencer Silver's accidental invention—a not-so-sticky adhesive—to find...

Intellectual property (IP) is related to inventions, artwork, literature, as well as symbols, and trademarks used in commerce. There are many laws that protect intellectual property through...

James Hargreaves' Spinning Jenny was one of the most important inventions of the 18th century that massively improved the weaving industry, and that signaled the onset of the Industrial Revolution....

Robert Fulton was the man who created an invention that would change the way the world moved. He recognized early on that transport, particularly water transportation could be significantly improved...

Sir Henry Bessemer was an English inventor and engineer that is popularly known for being the first to develop and process steel inexpensively, later contributing to the invention of the "Bessemer...