The Unified Patent Court (UPC) is transforming the way patents are enforced and challenged in Europe with its broad jurisdiction and potential for harmonizing the patent enforcement situation in a ...

Barcode technology makes real-time data collection possible. Despite the multitude of barcodes in existence today, universal product codes remain among the most useful to a small business. Because UPC ...

The first modern barcode was scanned 50 years ago this summer—on a 10-pack of chewing gum in a grocery store in Troy, Ohio. Fifty is ancient for most technologies, but barcodes are still going strong.

The universal product code, or UPC, is a bar code that typically has 12 digits and is usually found on the back or bottom of perishable and non-perishable products. To claim a refund for a defective ...

On October 6, the UPC announced a target start date of 1 April 2023. The Unitary Patent regulations specify that they would be effective on the same date as the UPC start date. The UPC also published ...

It was met with more criticism than even Michael Moore could have mustered. Union representatives said it would steal American jobs. Conspiracy theorists believed it was intrusively "Big Brother." ...