Mr. Bornstein and Ms. Rosenberg are journalists and the creators of Fixes, an Opinion series highlighting solutions to social problems that ran from 2010 to 2021. See more of our coverage in your ...

Consider someone who’s perfectly content with their office chair. It’s not ergonomic, it doesn’t have lumbar support, but it works. Then, during a meeting or a visit to a friend’s office, they sit in ...

In the US, obviousness is governed by 35 USC §103 and the practice has developed as a function of Case Law. This article – which is a follow-up to The quest for patent quality: European inventive step ...