Jayson Pankin

Ford (NYSE: F) has a history of developing and later licensing technology to competitors. For that reason, Ford’s decision to offer its patented inflatable seat belts to other companies was not a huge surprise. What was not so widely known was the role played by an innovative Detroit nonprofit...

AutoHarvest, a digital marketplace for intellectual property, plans to open up its services globally in summer 2014 The online forum is the first of its kind and still in the BETA stage. It functions as a meeting place for manufacturers, universities, federal labs, startups, entrepreneurs and...