Beep. You hear it every time you buy a product in a retail store. The checkout person slides your purchase over a scanner embedded in their checkout stand, or shoots it with a handheld scanner. The ...

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 ...

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." ...

John Pegram and Jan Zecher of Fish & Richardson say the question will most likely be litigated after the UPC transitional period The Unified Patent Court Agreement contemplates that the UPC will have ...

UPC barcodes contain key information that can make small businesses more efficient and easier to manage. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners who ...

In the latest in our series of UPC scenarios, Laura Whiting and Inmaculada Lorenzo explore the options for a pharmaceutical patent owner faced with a potential infringer manufacturing its product in ...