With a patent for the first practical light bulb in 1879, Thomas Edison needed an actual market of people who could use his invention, meaning a way to get power to his customers.

Changing policymaker and customer demands, combined with clean energy technologies, require reforming the century-old U.S. utility business model. A new report identifies ten ways policymakers and ...

The requirements to be met by a utility model in Spain are slightly different to the requirements to be met by a patent. Both rights require that the subject matter of the invention must be new and ...

The following documents are necessary in order to file an utility model with the PPO: a request, at least containing indications concerning the applicant, the definition of the subject-matter of the ...

Garbage pickup and the upcoming curbside organics program are currently included in city taxes, while curbside recycling is a utility payment. The city is exploring how moving to a utility-style ...

A public utility model is the best way of managing the State's water service, the Dublin Economic Workshop annual conference heard. Brendan Murphy, who is director of group commercial and ...