Ralph Waldo Emerson famously said, "Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door." But a California company says that when it achieved that goal and won a patent for a device ...

The latest case concerning the scope of microprocessors is found, not in the world of computers, but in this battle over the right to electrocute pests. If you thought that the issue of whether a ...

A federal jury in Philadelphia determined Thursday a local firm really didn't build a better mousetrap. The jury ordered Lititz-based Woodstream Corp. to pay $2.7 million for infringing on a ...

Just thinking about it probably gives you the heebie jeebies: You are pretty sure you saw a roof rat near your patio. You've also seen some of the common signs of a roof-rat infestation, such as ...

Bert came waltzing in to the Mule Barn truck stop the other day in high spirits. We knew we were in for yet another lecture. Sure enough. Even as he pulled up a chair at the philosophy counter and ...