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Design Patents and the Supreme Court.

On October 11th, for the first time in over 100 years, the Supreme Court heard arguments regarding design patent law. Modern Edge founder, Charles Austen Angell has been involved in utility patent…

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May You Live in Interesting Times.

It is a very interesting time to be observing the industrial relations between Taiwan and China. 2015 is a significant year for China Taiwan relations because China and Taiwan have been…

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Making A Difference

“You always expect it to be very different and it never is,” says Austen Angell, president of Modern Edge, a Portland, Oregon design firm. “The people are always the same….

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Wearables In Apparel, Threadcasting

Conceptual prototype developed by Modern Edge with Patrick Chiang (copyright 2014). Example of Threadcasting for use cases described in article (Proximity, Push, Gestural, Interconnected). Source Modern Edge Modern Edge recently…

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